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Definition of Bobbins

Bobbin
Bobbin Bob"bin, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L. bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael. baban tassel, or E. bob.] 1. A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension. 2. A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc. 3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. 4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid. 5. (Elec.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current. Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine. Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace.

Meaning of Bobbins from wikipedia

- Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them. As the work progresses, the...
- applications.[not verified in body] Bobbins are used in spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, and lacemaking. In these practices, bobbins were invented to "manage...
- Bobbin, pseudonym of English caricaturist and satirical poet John Collier (1708–1786) Arum maculatum, a plant species also known as "bobbins" Bobbins...
- Wind the Bobbin Up "Wind the Bobbin Up" is an English language children's nursery rhyme and singing game. Among modern lyrics is: Wind the bobbin up, Wind...
- 13 worked as a bobbin boy in 1848. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, bobbin boys worked in textile mills. The boys brought bobbins to the women at...
- methods to drive their bobbins so as to create the lockstitch. The term rotating shuttle is ambiguous. Sometimes it refers to a bobbin case, and sometimes...
- portal Keenspot kept the Bobbins archive freely accessible online, but the archives eventually moved to Allison's own site. Bobbins is set in the fictional...
- Andrew Bobbin (born 8 November 1978) is a former professional rugby league footballer who pla**** for the St. George Illawarra Dragons. An Illawarra junior...
- stressed, the Simpsons hire a nanny, a Mary Poppins parody named Shary Bobbins (voiced by Maggie Roswell). The episode was directed by Chuck Sheetz and...
- The Bobbin is a pub at 1–3 Lillieshall Road, Clapham, London SW4. It is a Grade II listed building, originally The Tim Bobbin, dating back to the late...