skeins in English

noun
1
a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted.
I drove to the beautiful Fisher Building in Detroit and then I counted skeins and skeins of yarn for the inventory at City Knits.

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1. Well-seasoned wood, falling tongues, well-steeled skeins.

2. Lion BRAND Baby Soft Boucle Lemonade 3 Skeins 100g 120yds

3. In the textile industry, Cranked reels for winding skeins of yarn were introduced.

4. Aslant used two skeins of Millefiori yarn from Berroco, and a 4.5 mm hook

5. It's easy to imagine skeins of historical causality there were many possible historical paths.

6. 19 Priscillian's own teaching was characterised by a marked strain of Nestorian thought, as well as by skeins of Gnostic Manichaeanism.

7. 23 Carbon-dioxide ice smoked all around, making a freezing fog that glowed eerily where the rising sun was trapped in its skeins.

8. Compunction noun a twinge of misgiving I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time resisting lovely skeins of sock yarn

9. Red Heart Super Saver Yarn Aran Fleck E300-4313, Worsted Weight No 4, 3 Skeins Same Dye Lot, 100% Acrylic Soft Acrylic, Machine Washable, Bundle with …

10. The Needlepointer (22811 100th Ave West) in Edmonds has a special on Bella Lusso Crewel wool — buy a dozen skeins and get a extra free

11. T Shirt Yarn Spaghetti Yarn for Crocheting Hand Knitting DIY Carpet bag Purse Blanket Soft Thick Cloth，Pack of 1 Skeins, 3.5 Ounce x 1, 35 Yard x 1 (25#) 5.0 out of 5 stars 1

12. The Ballista was designed to aim huge wooden, iron clad, darts or arrows which were powered by twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew - the Ballista design was based on a huge dart-throwing machine.

13. Ballista, ancient missile launcher designed to hurl javelins or heavy balls. Ballistas were powered by torsion derived from two thick skeins of twisted cords through which were thrust two separate arms joined at their ends by the cord that propelled the missile.