jacquard
nounA fabric with an intricately woven pattern.
nounA special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.
nounAn abbreviation of
Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
adjectivea 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.
adjectiveone of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.
adjectivea loom with Jacquard apparatus.
nounFabric woven on a jacquard loom.
nounFabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.