Definitions for jacquardˈdʒæk ɑrd, dʒəˈkɑrd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jac•quard*ˈdʒæk ɑrd, dʒəˈkɑrd(n.)
a fabric with an elaborate pattern woven on a Jacquard loom.
Category: Textiles
Category: Textiles
Ref: Jacquard loom.
* (often cap.).
Princeton's WordNet
Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard(noun)
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
jacquard(noun)
a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
Jacquard loom, Jacquard(noun)
a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
Wiktionary
jacquard(Noun)
Fabric woven on a jacquard loom.
jacquard(Noun)
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
jacquard(Noun)
A jacquard loom.
jacquard(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a jacquard loom or the fabric it creates.
The White house has jacquard drapes in the East Room.
Origin: Eponym, Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the jacquard loom.
Webster Dictionary
Jacquard(adj)
pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834
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