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

It is a good article for collars and shirt bosoms; also, when much diluted, for thin white muslin and bobbinet.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

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.

The eggs were slightly adhesive, clinging to the hand and to the bobbinet seine.

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