Skein

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Skein can refer to the following:

  1. (Most common) Long coils of yarn or hair intended for weaving, dyeing, or heat setting. Bulk yarn is sold in skeins that often need to be re-wound into spools or balls depending on the application. A skein is not a specific unit of length.
  2. Any group or flock of undomesticated fowl such as wild mallards or wild geese
  3. Gypsy Moth (comics)
  4. Skein relation
  5. television series; this usage is found in the "slanguage" of Variety magazine
  6. Winning streak in sports
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