skene

noun

1. 1.An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
2. 2.A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
3. 3.A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, 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.
4. 4.A web, a weave, a tangle.
5. 5.The membrane of a fish ovary.