| 单词 | mother-in-babe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother-in-babe mother-in-babe adj. designating a wooden bobbin with a hollow shank which contains another smaller bobbin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > spool or bobbin > specific tavell1523 pirn1829 spool1852 token1878 mother-in-babe1919 1919 T. Wright Romance of Lace Pillow xiii. 126 Mother-in-Babe Bobbins, in the hollowed shank of which a tiny wooden bobbin rattles. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen xxi. 311 Collectively, they are known as church window bobbins, but those with smaller bobbins inside the windows are described as mother-in-babe types. 1994 Lace 76 40/2 David Springett also laid to rest the myth that mother-in-babe bobbins were made by boiling the bone to soften it so that the ‘babe’ could be slid inside. < as lemmas |
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