Bobbin-and-fly-frame
a roving machine used in the final stages of converting spun cotton fiber into yarn.
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- Bobbin
a reel, cylinder, or spool upon which yarn or thread is wound, as used in spinning, machine sewing, lacemaking, etc. Electricity. a spoollike form around which a coil of insulated wire is wound to provide an inductance. the coil itself. Contemporary Examples The Only Sportscaster That Mattered: New Biography of Howard Cosell Robert Lipsyte November […]
- Bobbin-and-joan
the European arum, Arum maculatum.
- Bobbin-lace
lace made by hand with bobbins of thread, the thread being twisted around pins stuck into a pattern placed on a pillow or pad. noun lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- Bobbin-turning
turning of furniture legs, stretchers, etc., to resemble a continuous row of bobbins.
- Bobble
a repeated, jerky movement; bob. a momentary fumbling or juggling of a batted or thrown baseball. an error; mistake. a small ball of fabric usually used decoratively, as in a fringe or other trimming: a sweater with a line of bobbles up the sleeves. to juggle or fumble (a batted or thrown baseball) momentarily, usually […]