Definition of "skein"
- noun
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 round a fifty-four inch reel.
A web, a weave, a tangle.
A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
A winning streak.
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