different between skeining vs skeiling

English

Etymology

skein +? -ing

Noun

skeining (usually uncountable, plural skeinings)

1. The winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness.

Verb

skeining

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skein

English

Etymology

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Noun

skeiling (plural skeilings)

1. (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", "skilling" or "skeeling" 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.

Anagrams

• Keisling, Kiesling