the barnacle goose.
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 metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
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.
To wind or weave into a skein.