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Jacquard

noun
1.
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834).  Synonyms: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard.
2.
A highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
3.
A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics.  Synonym: Jacquard loom.



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"Jacquard" Quotes from Famous Books



... Weaving—Weaving Processes, Classes of Weave—Plain or Homespun Weave, Twill, Satin Weaves, Figure Weaving (Jacquard apparatus), Double Cloth, Pile Weaving, ...
— Textiles • William H. Dooley
... commercial quarter, in the depths of the gloomy ground floors, inhabited by the Persians and the Jews, within the miserable shops are sold carpets of incredible fineness, and colors artistically combined, woven mostly by old women without any Jacquard cards. ...
— The Adventures of a Special Correspondent • Jules Verne


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