jacquard

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

jacquard (countable and uncountable, plural jacquards)

1. Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.

   The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room.

2. Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
3. (countable) A Jacquard loom.

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jacquard m (plural jacquards)

1. jaquard (all senses)

• “jacquard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

jacquard m (invariable)

1. Jacquard