shuttle
A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
Other meanings
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
“The shuttle bus runs to the airport on a half-hourly basis from the central station.”
Related words
- multishuttle
- nanoshuttle
- shuttlebay
- shuttlelike
- shuttleport
- shuttle box
- shuttle diplomacy
- shuttle driver
- shuttle race
- shuttle run
- shuttle vector
- shuttlecock
Word history
From Old English "sċyttel".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shuttle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.