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 loom
      n : 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]