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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) [syn: Jacquard, 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, Jacquard]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Etymology: Joseph Jacquard Date: 1890 1. a. the control mechanism of a Jacquard loom b. Jacquard loom 2. a fabric of intricate variegated weave or pattern

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Joseph-Marie 1752-1834 French inventor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an apparatus with perforated cards, fitted to a loom to facilitate the weaving of figured fabrics. 2 (in full Jacquard loom) a loom fitted with this. 3 a fabric or article made with this, with an intricate variegated pattern. Etymology: J. M. Jacquard, Fr. inventor d. 1834

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jacquard Jac*quard", a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or 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. Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.