Jacquard
noun
- a loom with an endless belt of cards punched with holes arranged to produce a figured weave
- the distinctive mechanism of this loom
- the weave made
- a fabric with such a weave
See Jacquard in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Jac·quard (jăkˈärdˌ, jə-kärdˈ)
noun- A fabric with an intricately woven pattern.
- A special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.
Related Forms:
(jăkˈärdˌ, jə-kärdˈ, zhä-kärˈ), Joseph Marie 1752-1834.
French inventor of the jacquard loom (1801), the first automatic loom able to weave complex patterns.
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