jacquard apparatus

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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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