Bobbinet

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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           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.
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