bobbin
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
Noun
bobbin (plural bobbins)
- A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
- Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
- Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
- In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
- Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
- The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Derived terms
- bobbin-and-fly frame
- bobbin lace
- bobbinless
- bobbinlike
Translations
spool around which wire or thread is coiled
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small spool in a sewing machine
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