Jacquard /(?)/
Jac·quard
Jacquard
a.
- Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
Phrases & Compounds
- Jacquard apparatus
- 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.