sleave

noun /sliːv/

1. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

   countable, uncountable

2. Silk not yet twisted; floss.

   countable, uncountable

   Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.

Where it comes from

Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sleave (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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