In the earliest days of cotton spinning, the small fibres would stick to the bobbins, and make it necessary to stop and clear the machinery.
In winding the filling bobbins the girls watch the thread from eighteen bobbins, and replace and stop bobbins by pressing on foot pedals.
bobbin
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɒb.ɪn/us/ˈbɑː.bɪn/
asmallround or tube-shapedobjectaround whichthreadis put, often to go in asewingmachine
（常指放入缝纫机的）绕线筒，线轴
a round or tube-shapedobjectaround which something such asthread,wire, orfibreis put inindustrialmachines
（缝纫机等的）线轴，绕线筒
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In this case, the hose then passes through a braiding machine that has circumferential wire coil holders, or so-called bobbins.
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The bobbins were sent to the fifth floor.
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The rest is distributed among small shapes like "skyphoi", "kantharoi" and bobbins.
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Creels of bobbins with the correct thread, mounted on a beaming frame wind their contents onto the beam.
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Reeling is the process where the silk that has been wound into skeins, is cleaned, receives a twist and is wound onto bobbins.
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Lace has been produced for a long time, made in tedious hand labour with thin thread and needles or bobbins.
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Taken from the cockney bobbins of cotton, meaning rotten.
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Both traditional and contemporary bobbins may be decorated with designs, inscriptions, or pewter or wire inlays.
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Many lace designs use dozens of bobbins at any one time.
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The braids were sometimes made either with bobbins or needle and thread, which gave greater control over the threads.
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In the earliest loudspeakers, voice coils were wound onto paper bobbins, which was appropriate for modest power levels.
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Many of the children worked barefoot, which made it easier to climb the machinery to reach bobbins or broken threads.
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As soon as the ring spinning frame has finished spinning, the loaded bobbins are transported into the in-line steamer.
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Textile material is brought into the autoclave either on bobbins, in skeins or loose in a container.
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After steaming and drying, the bobbins are transported on to the winding machine where they are re-wound onto a cross-wound package.
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