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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
“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


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

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

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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