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Definition of Bobbinet
1. n. A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.
Definition of Bobbinet
1. Noun. A net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bobbinet
1. a machine-made net [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobbinet
Literary usage of Bobbinet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts and artisans at home and abroad: with sketches of the progress of by Jelinger Cookson Symons (1839)
"... silks—Prices of muslins at St Quentin—bobbinet trade—Prices of cotton at
Havre—Economy of cotton factories in Belgium—Linen trade—Cloth trade. Fra/nce. ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1881)
"Miss bobbinet-Tompkins 'as left the school-room,' she added; ... Your duties will
not begin till to-morrow,' said Mrs. bobbinet- Tompkins, considerately. ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1881)
"Miss bobbinet-Tompkins 'as left the school-room,' she added; ... Your duties will
not begin till to-morrow,' said Mrs. bobbinet- Tompkins, considerately. ..."
4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Sky-blue bobbinet scarf, worked with silver and silk. ... Pair of crimson bobbinet
scarves, worked with silk. ..."
5. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"As you may notice, there are some laces there made on bobbinet, ... None of this
bobbinet machinery is made in the United States at all, is it ? ..."
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