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Definition of 'skein'Alternative forms
* (obsolete) skean
Noun
( en-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.
(figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
* 1923 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Creeping Man :
- The practical application of what I have said is very close to the problem which I am investigating. It is a tangled skein , you understand. and I am looking for a loose end.
(wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (Knight)
(zoology|provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
(sports) A winning streak.
See also
* gaggle
* wedge
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