'bobbin net' definitions:

Definition of 'bobbin net'

From: GCIDE
  • Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]