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Look up: Bobbinet

  1. Bobbinet
    Bob`bi·net" noun [ Bobbin + net .] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [ Sometimes written bobbin net .] « The English machine-made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net , so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. Tomlinsom. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/72

  2. Bobbinet
    `Bobbinet` is a specific type of tulle netting which has been made in the United Kingdom since the invention of the bobbinet machine in 1806 by John Heathcoat. Machines based on his original designs are still in operation today producing fabrics in Chard, Somerset.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbinet

  3. Bobbinet
    • (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. bobbinet
    (from the article `textile`) Many types of machine-made laces are made, frequently with geometrically shaped nets forming their backgrounds. Formerly made only of cotton, they ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/83

  5. Bobbinet
    Black mesh cloth which is used for grip scrims. It also is available in rolls for darkening windows. (Grip/Lighting)
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction

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