bobbin-net, bobbinet
(ˈbɒbɪnˌnɛt, ˈbɒbɪnɛt)
[f. bobbin + net.]
A kind of machine-made cotton net, originally imitating the lace made with bobbins on a pillow. Also attrib.
| 1814 Jane Austen Let. 22 Nov. (1952) 413 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 Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxxiii. (ed. 3) 350 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. |