The jewellers devised Steinkirk buckles; the perfumers sold Steinkirk powder.

But the name of the field of battle was peculiarly given to a new species of collar.

Lace neckcloths were then worn by men of fashion; and it had been usual to arrange them with great care.

But at the terrible moment when the brigade of Bourbonnais was flying before the onset of the allies, there was no time for foppery; and the finest gentlemen of the Court came spurring to the front of the line of battle with their rich cravats in disorder.

It therefore became a fashion among the beauties of Paris to wear round their necks kerchiefs of the finest lace studiously disarranged; and these kerchiefs were called Steinkirks.