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Jacquard
Jac-quard′
,Adj.
Pertaining to, or invented by,
Jacquard
, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. 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.