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steenkirk, steinkirk Hist.|ˈstiːnkɜːk|
Also 8 stinkirk.
[a. F. (cravate à la) Steinkerke, Steinkerque, from the victory of Steenkerke (Belgium) gained by the French over the English and their allies on 3 Aug. 1692.
It has long been common to give the names of victories to new patterns of attire etc. introduced about the time of the battle. It is said that in France the designation à la Steinkerke had a great temporary vogue as applied to clothing, jewellery, cosmetics, and the like. According to Voltaire, the original cravate à la Steinkerke simulated the appearance of negligence, in allusion to the disordered dress of the French nobles when hastily summoned to the battle.]
A kind of neckcloth (worn both by men and women), having long laced ends hanging down or twisted together, and passed through a loop or ring.
1694D'Urfey Don Quixote i. Prol., The Modish Spark may Paint, and lie in Paste, Wear a huge Steinkirk twisted to his Waste. a1695Halifax Wks. (1912) 162 If the Judges upon the Bench should..be Cloathed like the Jockeys at New-Market, or wear Jack-Boots and Steenkirks. 1695Congreve Love for L. i. xiii. [xiv], There are huge Proportion'd Criticks, with long Wigs, Lac'd Coats, Steinkerk Cravats, and terrible Faces. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. Pref. **** 2 b, The Beau presses into their Dressing-Room,..to adjust his own Steenzkirk [sic] and Peruke. 1704Cibber Careless Husb. v. 54 Stage-dir., Takes her Steinkirk from her Neck, and lays it gently over his Head. 1707S. Centlivre Platonick Lady iii. i, Milliner. And a long Neck and a hollow Breast, first made use of the Stinkirk. 1711Addison Spect. No. 128 ⁋11 A Fashion makes its Progress much slower into Cumberland than into Cornwall... The Steenkirk arrived but two months ago in Newcastle.
1818Scott Rob Roy xxxi, I had yielded up my cravat (a smart Steinkirk,..and richly laced). 1854Ainsworth Jack Sheppard iii. xiii, [He wore] a muslin cravat, or steenkirk, as it was termed, edged with the finest point lace. 1869F. B. Palliser Lace xxv. 300 These old-fashioned articles of jewellery were worn to fasten..the lace Steinkirk. |