sleave (sl v)n. Archaic A fine thread or skein of thread. [From Middle English *sleven, to disentangle, from Old English *sl  fan, to cut, from sl f, past tense of sl fan, to split.] |
sleave [sliːv]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a tangled thread
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread
3. Chiefly poetic anything matted or complicated
vb
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to disentangle (twisted thread, etc.)
[Old English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon]
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