BOBBIN LACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bobbin lace mean? 

• BOBBIN LACE (noun)
  The noun BOBBIN LACE has 1 sense:

1. a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins

  Familiarity information: BOBBIN LACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOBBIN LACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bobbin lace; pillow lace

Hypernyms ("bobbin lace" is a kind of...):

lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobbin lace"):

Valenciennes; Valenciennes lace (a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns)