0 a small round or tube-shaped object around which thread is put, often to go in a sewing machine --
1 something that you think is silly, stupid, not true, or very low in quality: --
After steaming and drying, the bobbins are transported on to the winding machine where they are re-wound onto a cross-wound package.
Textile material is brought into the autoclave either on bobbins, in skeins or loose in a container.
As soon as the ring spinning frame has finished spinning, the loaded bobbins are transported into the in-line steamer.
Many of the children worked barefoot, which made it easier to climb the machinery to reach bobbins or broken threads.
In the earliest loudspeakers, voice coils were wound onto paper bobbins, which was appropriate for modest power levels.
The braids were sometimes made either with bobbins or needle and thread, which gave greater control over the threads.
Many lace designs use dozens of bobbins at any one time.
Both traditional and contemporary bobbins may be decorated with designs, inscriptions, or pewter or wire inlays.
