Bobbins

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A cylindrical device used to hold thread or yarn, typically found in sewing or weaving
2. A spool on which material is wound for use in crafting or textile production
3. Often employed in machinery to guide and manage threads during the sewing process

Etymology: "Bobbins" is the plural of "bobbin", a small spool or reel on which thread or yarn is wound, most familiar today from sewing machines and textile looms. The singular was borrowed from French "bobine", a word for a spool or reel, and English has used it since the 1530s. Because it was adopted as a technical term for a practical object, it stayed close to its physical sense rather than drifting into abstract meanings.

Synonyms: spools, reels