Search Result:jacquard
KK Pronunciation
〔 dʒә`kɑrd 〕
Pronunciation
〔 dʒәˋkɑ:d 〕
Overview of noun jacquard
The noun jacquard has 3 senses
- Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard -- (French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834))
- jacquard -- (a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom)
- Jacquard loom, Jacquard -- (a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics)