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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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