jacquard
(noun) a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
(noun) French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jacquard (countable and uncountable, plural jacquards)
Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
(countable) A Jacquard loom.
Source: Wiktionary
Jac*quard", a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or 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.
– Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 February 2025
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
