jacquard

Noun
Synonyms: Joseph M. JacquardJoseph Marie JacquardJacquard loom

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)Synonyms: Joseph M. JacquardJoseph Marie Jacquard
  2. a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
  3. a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabricsSynonyms: Jacquard loom
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Jacquard \Jac*quard"\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. [1913 Webster]

Jacquard apparatus or Jacquard arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure.

Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.

Jacquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus. [1913 Webster]

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