'Jacquard loom' definitions:
Definition of 'Jacquard loom'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, Jacquard]
Definition of 'Jacquard loom'
From: GCIDE
- Jacquard \Jac*quard"\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]