Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fabric with an intricately woven pattern.
- noun A special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Jacquard loom or Jacquard attachment (which see, underloom ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
- adjective 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.
- adjective one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.
- adjective a loom with Jacquard apparatus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Fabric woven on a jacquard loom.
- noun Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
- noun A jacquard loom.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a jacquard loom or the fabric it creates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
- noun French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
- noun a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The evening before, Proenza Schouler used lots of velvets, soft leathers and jacquards, including a jacquard dress of velvet rectangles, with a fold of fabric pulled up across the chest and tugged up at the collarbone by a string.
A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011
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Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal A turquoise jacquard dress with the fabric pulled over the shoulder by a thin leather strap.
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It was all there: Tailed pantsuits in mesmerizing jacquard, sculptural sheath dresses entirely made from monarch butterflies, or feathers that gleamed darkly like spilled oil or woven chaffs of wheat that appeared to be one with the models 'woven hairstyles.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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The designers made luxury statements with lush textures, including jacquard, lambskin and of course, fur, particularly mink.
A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011
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Backless vests in leopard-embossed jacquard fastened around the neck and across the back with stud-encrusted straps in black leather.
Luxury Is A La Mode At Celine, Galliano, Givenchy & Akris (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It was all there: Tailed pantsuits in mesmerizing jacquard, sculptural sheath dresses entirely made from monarch butterflies, or feathers that gleamed darkly like spilled oil or woven chaffs of wheat that appeared to be one with the models 'woven hairstyles.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Anna who by the way, was NOT wearing her signature sunglasses was wearing a slightly colorful jacquard sweater, cream-colored pleated skirt, and knee-high tan suede boots with buttons all the way up.
Margie Goldsmith: Much Ado About Victoria Beckham Margie Goldsmith 2012
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Anna who by the way, was NOT wearing her signature sunglasses was wearing a slightly colorful jacquard sweater, cream-colored pleated skirt, and knee-high tan suede boots with buttons all the way up.
Margie Goldsmith: Much Ado About Victoria Beckham Margie Goldsmith 2012
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It was all there: Tailed pantsuits in mesmerizing jacquard, sculptural sheath dresses entirely made from monarch butterflies, or feathers that gleamed darkly like spilled oil or woven chaffs of wheat that appeared to be one with the models 'woven hairstyles.
McQueen House Stuns With First Runway Show Since Designer's Death (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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IMG/Getty Images A leather dress at Calvin Klein Calvin Klein paired unexpected textures with sportswear styles, including an alpaca jacquard sweatshirt, in the label's runway show Thursday.
A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011
john commented on the word jacquard
“The clothing also pushed boundaries, in particular how soft fabrics like chiffon look molded on the torso. Prints and jacquards, evoking oceans and species like moths, were engineered for each garment.”
The New York Times, A Blast of Youth, A Glimpse of the Future , by Cathy Horyn, October 8, 2009
October 9, 2009