Jacquard

a.
  1. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
    2. 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.