jacquard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jacquard	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jacquard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacquard n French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) Synonym(s): Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics Synonym(s): Jacquard loom, Jacquard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacquard \Jacquard"\, 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.