Clew vs. Yarn — What's the Difference?

A ball of yarn or thread.

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

Greek Mythology The ball of thread used by Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.

A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.

Clews The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

A similar strand of other materials such as glass or plastic.

One of the two lower corners of a square sail.

(Informal) A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.

The lower aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.

Variant of clue1.

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

To roll or coil into a ball.

(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

Also clue(Nautical) To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines. Used with up.

(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.

To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

(nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.

The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;

The cords suspending a hammock.

A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

Obsolete spelling of clue

Tell or spin a yarn

(transitive) to roll into a ball

(nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

To direct; to guide, as by a thread.

To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

A ball of yarn or cord or thread

Evidence that helps to solve a problem

Roll into a ball