bobbin(n = noun.artifact) reel, spool - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound;
is a kind of winder
has particulars: filature, shuttle
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. [1913 Webster]
4. A fine cord or narrow braid. [1913 Webster]
5. 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. [1913 Webster]
bobbin, n.
1 a a cylinder or cone holding thread, yarn, wire, etc., used esp. in weaving and machine sewing. b a spool or reel.
2 a small bar and string for raising a door-latch.
Idiom:
bobbin-lace lace made by hand with thread wound on bobbins.
Etymology:
F bobine
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