'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]