The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jacquard apparatus
Jacquard \Jac*quard"\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
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.