• BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Rolled yarn is often referred to as a skein. I guess maybe it has two meanings, the posted one seems like it may be unpopular or archaic.

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      8 months ago

      It has quite a lot of meanings

      1. A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, 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.
      2. (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
      3. (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
      4. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
      5. (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
      6. (sports) A winning streak.
      7. (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).