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    BOBBIN LACE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pinsplay

    Synonyms:

    bobbin lace; pillow lace

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("bobbin lace" is a kind of...):

    lace (a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobbin lace"):

    Valenciennes; Valenciennes lace (a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns)

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