Skein
English Meaning
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.
- A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil.
- Something suggesting the coil of a skein; a complex tangle: a twisted skein of lies.
- A flock of geese or similar birds in flight. See Synonyms at flock1.