Jacquard

Definitions of Jacquard
  1. noun
    a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
    synonyms: Jacquard loom
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    type of:
    loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  2. noun
    French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
    synonyms: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
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    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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