Steenkirk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steenkirk \Steen"kirk`\ (st[=e]n"k[~e]rk`), Steinkirk
  \Stein"kirk`\ (st[imac]n"-), n. [So called from the battle of
     Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had
     no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.]
     A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
     [1913 Webster]