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Jacquard

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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.

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.

[After Joseph Marie Jacquard.]

jacquard adj.

Jacquard [jak-ard]
Noun
a fabric with an intricate design incorporated into the weave [after J M Jacquard, its inventor]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.JacquardJacquard - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
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.JacquardJacquard - a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
loom - a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile


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