\Jac*quard"\, a.
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.