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Noun
Elsewhere bags came dressed in multiple tassels resembling skeins of wool echoing the Dior collection’s peppy collegiate style knits and the Dior house’s roots in craftsmanship.—Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 This 24-pack of mini skeins has a rainbow of vibrant colors with 1,308 yards total of the premium yarn.—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025 Bird strikes are dangerous, and have resulted in many crashes, for example the Miracle on the Hudson in 2009 when an Airbus 320 ran into a skein of Canada geese and was forced to ditch in the Hudson river.—David Hambling, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Acrylic yarn mini skeins: $22.99 For beginners, acrylic yarn is the perfect, affordable yarn to use for all your projects.—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for skein
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English skeyne, from Middle French (Picard) escagne, probably from Vulgar Latin *scamnia, from *scamniare to wind yarn, from *scamnium rack for holding bobbins, from Latin scamnum bench, stool — more at shambles
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