Word: skeining
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: skei
ning
Definition: The winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness.
Morphemes:
Affix: skein
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.