What is "bobbinet"

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 construction of the machines by which they are produced.
--Tomlinsom.

1819, from bobbin + net (n.).

n. A net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine

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 his machine-made tulle from the handmade " pillow lace". Pillow lace, called so because of the pillow used to produce it, is an alternative term for handmade bobbin lace. Machines based on his original designs are still in operation today producing fabrics in Perry Street, Chard, Somerset, UK.