bobbinet

American  

[bob-uh-net] / ˌbɒb əˈnɛt /

noun

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

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bobbinet British  

/ ˌbɒbɪˈnɛt /

noun

1. a netted fabric of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine

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Etymology

Origin of bobbinet

First recorded in 1805–15; bobbi(n) + net ¹

Example Sentences

She stuffs the undercarriages of her empire-waist gowns with so much frothy bobbinet mesh that their skirts don’t sit so much on the hips as hover over them like low-flying aircraft.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 22, 2018

The black and gold Dolce & Gabbana “lace” is, in fact, made of re-embroidered bobbinet tulle on traditional looms dating to late 18th-century technology.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2012

One of bobbinet that fits ingeniously is very effective.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

Seining on riffles was done with a four-foot by four-foot bobbinet seine.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

And she wore a pretty bobbinet cap and a bright-colored calico wrapper, and she busied herself with needlework while turning the cradle with her foot, and humming a little nursery song.

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte