pleach vs skein

pleach

noun
  • A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. 

  • An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. 

  • A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. 

verb
  • To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. 

skein

noun
  • A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. 

  • A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight. 

  • A winning streak. 

  • The membrane of a fish ovary. 

  • A web, a weave, a tangle. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To wind or weave into a skein. 

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