unskein

English

Etymology

From skein.

Verb

unskein (third-person singular simple present unskeins, present participle unskeining, simple past and past participle unskeined)

  1. To unwind from a skein
    • 2003, Kay Armatage, The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent, page 56:
      "Jess ... is assisting the hostess to unskein yarn and wind into a ball"
  2. To unfurl, as if from a skein
    • 1865, American Newspaper‎[1]:
      "In the sunshine his [Custer's] locks unskeined, stream a foot behind him"
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