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skein

(skeɪn)
Word forms: plural skeins
countable noun
A skein is a length of thread, especially wool or silk, wound loosely round on itself.
...a skein of wool. [+ of]

skein in British English

(skeɪn)
noun
1. 
a length of yarn, etc, wound in a long coil
2. 
something resembling this, such as a lock of hair
3. 
a flock of geese flying
Compare gaggle (sense 2)
Word origin
C15: from Old French escaigne, of unknown origin

skein in American English

(skeɪn)
noun
1. 
a. 
a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil
b. 
something like this, as a coil of hair
2. 
a flock of wild fowl
3. 
a sequence of events, esp. a series of games won or lost by a team
a 20-game winning skein
Word origin
ME skeyn < MFr escaigne

Examples of 'skein' in a sentence
skein

It, and its variations, knit together the skein of the film.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2003)
And finally, at long last, the vile-faced truth troll tore through the remaining skein of my own pitiful self-delusions.
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)
The moon peered through a thin skein of cloud to illuminate her steps.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2003)
But finding the connection could take years, maybe even generations, of exploration to untangle the skein of these caves.
Elizabeth Lowell THIS TIME LOVE (2003)
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