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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'snoun Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Etymology: Joseph Jacquard Date: 1890 Merriam Webster'sbiographical name Joseph-Marie 1752-1834 French inventor Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. 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 DictionaryJacquard 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. |