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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1819, from bobbin + net (n.).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net .] The English machine-made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the peculiar ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bobbinet or genuine tulle is a specific type of tulle which has been made in the United Kingdom since the invention of the bobbinet machine in 1808 by John Heathcoat . Heathcoat coined the term "bobbin net", or bobbinet as it is spelled today, to distinguish ...