bobbin lace

noun

1. lace made by hand with bobbins of thread, the thread being twisted around pins stuck into a pattern placed on a pillow or pad.

bobbin lace

noun

1. lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace

Example Sentences

Bobbin lace, seen mostly in cheap insertions and in the form of narrow edgings.

From Project Gutenberg

The terms "Bobbin lace" and "Bone lace" are derived from these and are synonymous with "Pillow lace."

From Project Gutenberg

She gossips along, and scribbles, with the indefatigable finger of a maker of bobbin lace, or a German knitter of stockings.

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