skein in Irish
skein in Irish is scáinne — skein means a quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
skein in Irish
scáinne
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.
What does "skein" mean?
- noun A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
- noun A thing resembling a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) of thread, yarn, etc.
- noun The membrane of a fish ovary.
- noun A group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.
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What is "skein" in Irish?
"skein" in Irish is scáinne. skein means: A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
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