bobbinet
Americannoun
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a net of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine.
noun
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a netted fabric of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine
Etymology
Origin of bobbinet
Example Sentences
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She stuffs the undercarriages of her empire-waist gowns with so much frothy bobbinet mesh that their skirts don’t sit so much on the hips as hover over them like low-flying aircraft.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 22, 2018
The black and gold Dolce & Gabbana “lace” is, in fact, made of re-embroidered bobbinet tulle on traditional looms dating to late 18th-century technology.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2012
And I thought nothin’ would tempt me, if Josiah wuz a infant babe, to place him on exhibition like Hamburg edgin’, or bobbinet lace.
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta
The lace manufacturers of Europe experienced a serious set-back in 1818 when bobbinet was first made in France.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
The eggs were slightly adhesive, clinging to the hand and to the bobbinet seine.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
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