Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An intricate handmade lace made by interlacing thread around small notched pins or bobbins stuck into a pillow. Also called pillow lace, point.
Wiktionary
- n. A form of hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion; pillow lace
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bobbin lace’.
-
Lace
Terms pertaining to lace and lace-making. Patterns, tools, types, styles, stitches.
bone lace, pillow lace, point, needlelace, bobbin lace, bones, bobbin, linen thread, hand-lacemaking, lace pillow, bobbinet, lacemakers' guild and 256 more...
-
Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bobbin lace.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.