bobbin
[bob-in]
noun
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.
Origin of bobbin
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for bobbin
Contemporary Examples of bobbin
Howard Cosell once said to me, “Bobbin, you have a face for radio and a voice for print.”
Historical Examples of bobbin
Then he sends his shuttle, containing a bobbin full of thread, sliding across over the odd threads and under the even.
Makers of Many ThingsEva March Tappan
Malicorne unfolded the piece of paper, which had been wrapped round the bobbin.
The Vicomte de BragelonneAlexandre Dumas
Loop the silver wire over his horns, and touch him with the bobbin the way you want him to go.
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer CountryJoel Chandler Harris
She was not sad, however, only so extremely glad for Bobbin's sake and for her own.
The Camp Fire Girls in After YearsMargaret Vandercook
Bobbin's face worked strangely, there was a kind of throbbing in her ears and her lips moved.
The Camp Fire Girls in After YearsMargaret Vandercook
bobbin
noun
Word Origin for bobbin
C16: from Old French bobine, of unknown origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper