skein

see definition of skein

nountangle

Word Origin & History

"fixed quantity of yarn doubled over and over and knotted, mid-15c., from Middle French escaigne "a hank of yarn" (Old French escagne, mid-14c., Modern French écagne), of uncertain origin. Cf. Medieval Latin scagna "a skein," Irish sgainne "a skein, clue."

Example Sentences for skein

She will remember now that a skein of hemp thread is not the thing to line her nest with.

There was a skein of blue silk swinging over the edge of the table.

In the evening it was a pleasure to hold a skein of yarn for her to wind.

It was this time a skein of silk that the little lady wanted to have unwound.

That doesn't matter a bit, you must wait till the skein is unwound.

She parted with caressing fingers the skein of tow on the frowsled head.

Shall we think that our prayers can avert a doom woven with the skein of events?

Uncle Nicholas,” said Amber, “you promised to buy me a skein of blue silk.

In a little while Alice asked her to hold a skein of cotton for her while she wound it.

The negotiation with the French Government was but one of the threads in the skein.

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noun tangle

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More words related to skein

flock

noun. congregation

labyrinth

noun. maze, complexity

maze

noun. labyrinth; confusion

mesh

noun. netting, entanglement

morass

noun. bog; mess

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