What does "jacquard" mean?

Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.

Jacquard

Common synonyms include: card programming system, decorative fabric, jacquard loom, jacquard mechanism, mechanized loom, ornate fabric.

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Noun

1
Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom. countable, uncountable
"The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room."
2
a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics wordnet
3
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process. countable, uncountable
4
a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom wordnet
5
A Jacquard loom. countable

Proper Noun

"The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room."

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Compare Jaccard.