Jacquard

[Sarah]

Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician,who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device appliedto looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanismcontrolled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause thewarp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing therequired figure.-- Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquardapparatus.-- Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.

[Julian]

a type of cloth with a pattern woven (= made by crossing threads on a special frame) into it:

[Tracie Lynn]

An apparatus with perforated cards, fitted to a loom to facilitate the weaving of figured and brocaded fabrics.