Found 2 items, similar to Jacquard.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Jacquard Jacquard n 1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) [syn: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph 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 fabrics [syn: Jacquard loom]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jacquard 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]