Meaning

noun French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

noun a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

noun a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

originEponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom.

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