ETYM French bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. Latin bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Irish and Gael. baban tassel, or Eng. bob.
Around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound; SYN. spool, reel.

(Homonym: real).
1. A revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod.
2. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
3. A lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; SYN. Scottish reel.
4. Music composed for dancing a reel.
Lively dance of the Scottish Highlands.
In cinema, a plastic or metal spool used for winding and storing film. As the size of reels became standardized it came to refer to the running time of the film: a standard 35-mm reel holds 313 m/900 ft of film, which runs for ten minutes when projected at 24 frames per second; hence a “two-reeler” was a film lasting 20 minutes. Today’s projectors, however, hold bigger reels. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. spole, od. spoele, Dutch spoel; akin to German spule, ohg. spuola, Dan. and Swed. spole.
1. A hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
2. A cylindrical device which has a rim or ridge at each end and an axial hole for a pin or spindle and on which material (as thread, wire, or tape) is wound.
3. Material or the amount of material wound on a spool. + prikaži više