jacquard arrangement

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jacquard arrangement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jacquard \Jac*quard"\, a.
     Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French
     mechanician, who died in 1834.
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     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.
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