Noun Definition

jacquard

1.Definition: a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

Category: Objects

3.Definition: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

Related Noun(s):joseph m. jacquard, joseph marie jacquard

Category: People