Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jacquard \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.

Source : WordNet®

Jacquard
     n 1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could
          automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
          [syn: {Joseph M. Jacquard}, {Joseph Marie Jacquard}]
     2: a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
     3: a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the
        passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in
        weaving figured fabrics [syn: {Jacquard loom}]