jacquard loom

1. 1.

   a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

   SynonymsJacquard

   Broaderloom

Questions about jacquard loom

What does jacquard loom mean?

jacquard loom means "a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics".

What is another word for jacquard loom?

Close synonyms include Jacquard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jacquard loom a common word?

jacquard loom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.