Jacquard

Jac·quard  (jkärd, j-kärd, zhä-kär), Joseph Marie 1752-1834.

French inventor of the jacquard loom (1801), the first automatic loom able to weave complex patterns.

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jac·quard also Jac·quard  (jkärd, j-kärd)

n.

1. A fabric with an intricately woven pattern.

2. A special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.

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[After Joseph Marie Jacquard.]

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jacquard adj.

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Jacquard [jak-ard]

Noun

a fabric with an intricate design incorporated into the weave [after J M Jacquard, its inventor]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Jacquard - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
	2.	jacquard - a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
	3.	Jacquard - a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics Jacquard loom loom - a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile