jacquard
1 Americannoun
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a fabric with an elaborately woven pattern produced on a Jacquard loom.
noun
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Also called: Jacquard weave. a fabric in which the design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on
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Also called: Jacquard loom. the loom that produces this fabric
Etymology
Origin of jacquard
1850–55; named after J. M. Jacquard. See Jacquard loom
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For the brand, the collection’s centerpiece was the materials: twill, mesh, kasuri cotton, leather, jacquard, wool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
Embellishments were kept to a minimum, and included pearls and flat braids, while metallic threads added texture to jacquard fabrics.
From Reuters ● Jul. 3, 2023
She wears an oversized Tang suit-inspired Mukzin jacket, depicting a playful rabbit in a field with peonies and magnolia trees, paired with black-and-white Chopova Lowena jacquard pants patterned with red flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The swirling patterns of Earth showed up on jacquard coats and intarsia knitwear and fur, and on a pair of ample coveralls.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022
Martha Stewart sells chenille jacquard drapery and scallop-embossed ceramic dinnerware at Kmart.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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In the case of Jacquard, the debt pays interest of about 6.4%, almost 2 percentage points higher than the yield on a comparable corporate bond from Oracle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Her commission — an 11-by-26½-foot tapestry invoking the ethereal topography of Mars — was being woven on one of the largest Jacquard looms in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
As the board conducted unrelated business, Jacquard, who leads Victory Bible Baptist Church in nearby Porter Corners, demanded that he and other residents be heard.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Police in Huddersfield were called to reports of "damage to an empty parked vehicle in an explosion" on Jacquard Road in Skelmanthorpe on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
Jacquard could not imagine how the prefect had discovered his mechanical experiments, and began vaguely to dread that he had got into some shocking scrape.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
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