needle board (nedlbord)

In the Jacquard loom, a perforated board or plate through which the points of the needles presented to the cards pa , and the perforations of which act as guides for the needles when the latter are actuated by the cards. The needle-board holds all the needles in proper relation with the prism or cylinder to which the cards are attached, and with the perforations in the cards. needle-book (nē'dl-bük), n. Pieces of cloth, kid, chamois, or other material, cut and sewed together in the form of the leaves of a book, and protected by book-like covers, used to contain needles, which are stuck into the leaves. needle-bug (nē'dl-bug), n. Any bug of the genus Ranatra, as R. fusc a or R. quad rident at a, of very long, slender form, with long, slender legs.