Definition of bobbin

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Bobbin (n.) 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..

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Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) 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..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) 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..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Ypres Lace :: Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace..
Bobbinet :: Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand..
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..
Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..
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