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plural bobbins
A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled. quotations examples
Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread. examples
The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. quotations examples
She went from the linhay and boldly pulled the bobbin of the fuel-house door.
1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 152
Put the bobbin and the latch will go up
1729, Charles Perrault, ], page 4
(haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid. examples