jacquard

n. type of fabric woven with a decorative pattern

The Jacquard Loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, which utilized holes punched in pasteboard, each row of which corresponded to one row of the design. Multiple rows of holes were punched on each card and the many cards that comprised the entire design of the textile were strung together in order. It was based on earlier inventions by the Frenchmen Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean Falcon (1728) and Jacques Vaucanson (1740) [1].
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Noun
1. French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
(synonym) Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
(hypernym) inventor, discoverer, artificer
2. a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
(synonym) Jacquard loom
(hypernym) loom

Noun
1. a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile

adj. jacquard, type of fabric woven with a decorative pattern

n. jacquard, type of fabric woven with a decorative pattern