skein

/skeɪn/

noun

  1. 1

    A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.

  2. 2

    A web, a weave, a tangle.

  3. 3

    The membrane of a fish ovary.

  4. 4

    (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

  5. 5

    (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.

  6. 6

    A winning streak.

verb

  1. 1

    To wind or weave into a skein.

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