bobbin-netbobbinetn.
/ˈbɒbɪnˌnɛt//ˈbɒbɪnɛt/ A kind of machine-made cotton net, originally imitating the lace made with bobbins on a pillow. Also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > machine-made cotton net
bobbin-net1814
twist-lace1840
1814 J. Austen Let. 22 Nov. (1995) 282 Mrs Clement walks about in a new Black velvet Pelisse..& a white Bobbin-net-veil.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 85 Ye kerchief'd damsels, who encushion'd fret,..your stiffen'd bobinet.
1824 M. Wilmot Let. 19 Jan. (1935) 204 The finest bobbinett dresses sprigged to imitate brussels lace.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxx. 277 The bobbin-net machine occupies little space.
1836 Scenes of Commerce 217 The frame net lace, or bobbinet, is a recent invention, manufactured by machinery.
1884 Stubbs' Mercant. Circular 19 Mar. 270/2 The increasing supersession of pillow-made lace by lace bobbinet made by machine power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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