4. (Haberdashery)
Defn: A fine cord or narrow braid.
5. (Elec.)
Defn: 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.
BOBBINET
Bob`bi*net", n. Etym: [Bobbin + net.]
Defn: 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.
BOBBINWORK
Bob"bin*work`, n.
Defn: Work woven with bobbins.
BOBBISH
Bob"bish, a.
Defn: Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.