[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jacquard \jacquard"\, a.
   pertaining to, or invented by, jacquard, a french
   mechanician, who died in 1834.
   1913 webster

   jacquard apparatus or jacquard 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.

   jacquard loom, a loom with jacquard apparatus.
      1913 webster
see also:
jacquard apparatus jacquard arrangement jacquard card jacquard loom 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jacquard
     n 1: french inventor of the jacquard loom that could
          automatically weave complicated patterns 1752-1834
          syn: joseph m. jacquard, joseph marie jacquard
     2: a highly figured fabric woven on a jacquard loom
     3: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the
        passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in
        weaving figured fabrics syn: jacquard loom
see also:
joseph m. jacquard joseph marie jacquard jacquard loom 

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