Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jacquard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jacquard \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Jacquard
n : French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could
automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
[syn: {Jacquard}, {Joseph M. Jacquard}, {Joseph Marie
Jacquard}]
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