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Skeining vs Skeiling - What's the difference?

skeining | skeiling |

As nouns the difference between skeining and skeiling

is that skeining is the winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness while skeiling is a straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof.

skeining

English

Noun

  • the winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness

    • skeiling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof.

    • Usage notes

    *Seems to be local to Sussex, England. *Also features in properties in Southern England (as "skeiling" or "skilling" depending on the spelling used by local builders) - Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey). *Now introduced into Cornish Architecture, originating from Penryn as first point of contact.