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Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus 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.

Noun	1.	Jacquard - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) Synonyms: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
	2.	jacquard - a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
	3.	Jacquard - 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

artificer, discoverer, inventor, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard