Bŏb'bin, n.

n. [Fr. bobine, from Lat. bombus, a humming, because it makes a humming noise.]

1Sense 1. A small pin, or cylindrical piece of wood, with a head, on which thread is wound for making lace. A similar instrument, bored through to receive an iron pivot, and with a border at one or both ends, is used in spinning, to wind thread or silk on; a spool. Pillow and bobbin all her little store. Cooper.

2Sense 2. Round tape. Goldsmith.