bobbin
English
noun
Definitions
- A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
- The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bobine (spool, reel).
Origin
French
bobine
Gloss
spool, reel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bobbin tank English
- bobbinless English
- bobbinlike English
- bobbinwork English
- tank English
- work English
- bobina Italian
- bobine French
- bobiner French
- débobiner French
- bobina Spanish, Castilian
- bobina Portuguese
- ボビン Japanese
- baibín Irish
- bobina Catalan, Valencian
- bobina Galician
- បូប៊ីន Central Khmer
- bobin Haitian, Haitian Creole