bobbin lace

noun

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

Also called pillow lace.

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How to use bobbin lace in a sentence

bobbin lace, seen mostly in cheap insertions and in the form of narrow edgings.
Textiles | William H. Dooley
The terms "bobbin lace" and "Bone lace" are derived from these and are synonymous with "Pillow lace."
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework | Emily Leigh Lowes
She gossips along, and scribbles, with the indefatigable finger of a maker of bobbin lace, or a German knitter of stockings.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for bobbin lace

bobbin lace

noun

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

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