Skein /(?)/

Skein

n.
  1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.
  2. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. (Wagon Making)

Skein

n.
  1. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]