Jacquard
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]
jacquard nounUsage: often capitalized, often attributive Etymology: Joseph
JacquardDate: 1890 1.a. the control mechanism of a Jacquard loom b.Jacquard
loom}
2. a fabric of intricate variegated weave or pattern
Jacquard 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
jacquard 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
Jacquard
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. [J. M. Jacquard, Fr. inventor d. 1834]
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.
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