BOBBIN


Meaning of BOBBIN in English

/ ˈbɒbɪn; NAmE ˈbɑːbɪn/ noun

a small device on which you wind thread, used, for example, in a sewing machine

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from French bobine , of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.