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.

To wind or weave into a skein.

plural of skein

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skein

Alternative form of skean

The winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness.

present participle of skein

simple past tense and past participle of skein

plural of skeine

plural of skeining