Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hand-instrument for carding cotton or wool; a hand-card.

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Examples

  • Jacquard jack-card • Elaborate woven or knitted pattern made on a Jacquard loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in France in 1801.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Jacquard jack-card • Elaborate woven or knitted pattern made on a Jacquard loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in France in 1801.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Jacquard jack-card • Elaborate woven or knitted pattern made on a Jacquard loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in France in 1801.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

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