DOOT: Jacquard Punchers and Card Cutters

puncher, card puncher, jacquard puncher ; card cutter, jacquard card cutter, pattern cutter, perforator, card perforator, jacquard perforator, piano puncher, stamper, card stamper, jacquard, stamper: (i) places plain cards in a card cutting machine, usually a piano punching machine, i.e. a machine fitted, like a piano, with keys, which ' actuate punches by means of levers; depresses keys and so operates machine, which cuts, pierces, or stamps holes in cards, according to a set design (either a paper pattern, a string pattern or an already cut card), ready for use in "jacquard" or "dobby" looms (used for weaving carpets and figured or fancy fabrics), or in lace making;; (ii) for Swiss embroidery machine, follows point by point, with a flexible metal arm, an enlarged vertical design, thereby making at each point an electric contact with machine which punches holes in jacquard card, as it is slowly unwound from revolving drum.

A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.