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Webster 1913 Edition
Bobbin
Bob′bin
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bobbin
BOB'BIN
,Noun.
Definition 2025
bobbin
bobbin
English
Noun
bobbin (plural bobbins)
- A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
- Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
- Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
- In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
- Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
- The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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Translations
spool around which wire is coiled
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small spool in a sewing machine
