skein
IPA: skˈeɪn
noun
- A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. 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.
- (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
- (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
- (sports) A winning streak.
- (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
verb
- To wind or weave into a skein.
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Examples of "skein" in Sentences
- The skein is too tangled to be unravelled.
- A skein is a coil of yarn twisted into a loose knot.
- Swifts are most commonly used to ball a skein of yarn.
- The skein or ball to be wrapped is placed into the pocket.
- A single 50 fathom skein of this rope was referred to as a line.
- Alexander proved the Alexander polynomial satisfies a skein relation.
- The skein tracks player commands as a tree of branching possibilities.
- Variegated yarn is yarn that changes colors as it moves along the skein.
- The following is an example of a typical computation using a skein relation.
- A skein is either formed on a niddy noddy or some other type of skein winder.