jac·quard /ˈʤæˌkɑrd/
傑卡織機; 提花機; 提花織物
Jac·quard a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacquard apparatus or Jacquard arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure.
Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.
Jacquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.
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Jacquard
n 1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could
automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
[syn: 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 [syn: Jacquard loom]