bobbinet

[bob-uh-net]

Origin

noun

a net of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine.

Origin:
1805–15; bobbi(n) + net¹

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bobbinet (ˌbɒbɪˈnɛt)

—n
	a netted fabric of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine

[C19: see bobbin, net¹]

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bobbinet

1819, from bobbin + net.

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