jacquard

noun

A fabric with an intricately woven pattern.

A special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.

An abbreviation of Jacquard loom or Jacquard attachment (which see, under loom).

adjective

Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.

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.