Word Study
jacquard
CIDE DICTIONARY
jacquard, a.
Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard , a French mechanician, who died in 1834. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jacquard, n.
1 an apparatus with perforated cards, fitted to a loom to facilitate the weaving of figured fabrics.
2 (in full Jacquard loom) a loom fitted with this.
3 a fabric or article made with this, with an intricate variegated pattern.
1 an apparatus with perforated cards, fitted to a loom to facilitate the weaving of figured fabrics.
2 (in full Jacquard loom) a loom fitted with this.
3 a fabric or article made with this, with an intricate variegated pattern.
Etymology
J. M. Jacquard, Fr. inventor d. 1834
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