| 单词 | jacquard engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJacquard engine a. The surname of Joseph Marie Jacquard of Lyons, who, at the beginning of the 19th cent., invented an apparatus to facilitate the weaving of figured fabrics in the loom, superseding the ruder heddle or heald appliance previously used. Hence many attributive uses and combinations, as Jacquard apparatus, Jacquard attachment, Jacquard engine, Jacquard machine, Jacquard mechanism, applied to this apparatus; also Jacquard loom n. a loom fitted with this apparatus, for the weaving of figured fabrics; Jacquard fabric, Jacquard muslin, Jacquard stripes, etc., those woven or produced on the Jacquard loom; Jacquard-figured adj., Jacquard-weaving, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > woven > other plain1415 biased1805 Jacquard1841 looped1851 fairy1883 tangential1897 interlock1928 rip-stop1945 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > figure weaving > loom shawl-looma1792 draw-loom1808 Jacquard loom1841 witch loom1862 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > figure weaving > loom > parts of or attachments for tablea1400 simple1731 draw-boy1811 card1829 needle1829 witch1829 machine card1832 Jacquard apparatus1841 Jacquard1851 griff1860 dobby1878 lappet1894 witch top1897 trap-board1900 necking cord1910 1841 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 828 The draw-loom has of late years been to a considerable extent superseded by the Jacquard engine. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 330 (note) The Jacquard machine, introduced a few years ago by some of the leading manufacturers. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 178/2 The Jacquard apparatus was first intended for and applied to silk-weaving. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 482 A new arrangement of the Jacquard loom. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 506 Specimens of Jacquard figured silk fabrics. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1279 Shawls with muslin Jacquard stripes. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Loom-card, a pierced pattern-card for Jacquard weaving. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Loom The Jacquard attachment is a device for forming sheds or openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp-threads. < as lemmas |
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