3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shuttle  \Shut"tle\,  n.  [Also  shittle,  OE  schitel  scytyl 
  schetyl  cf  OE  schitel  a  bolt  of  a  door,  AS  scyttes  all 
  from  AS  sce['o]tan  to  shoot;  akin  to  Dan.  skyttel  skytte 
  shuttle,  dial.  Sw  skyttel  sk["o]ttel.  [root]159.  See 
  {Shoot},  and  cf  {Shittle},  {Skittles}.] 
  1.  An  instrument  used  in  weaving  for  passing  or  shooting  the 
  thread  of  the  woof  from  one  side  of  the  cloth  to  the  other 
  between  the  threads  of  the  warp. 
 
  Like  shuttles  through  the  loom,  so  swiftly  glide  My 
  feathered  hours.  --Sandys. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  A  shutter,  as  for  a  channel  for  molten  metal.  [R.] 
 
  {Shuttle  box}  (Weaving),  a  case  at  the  end  of  a  shuttle  race, 
  to  receive  the  shuttle  after  it  has  passed  the  thread  of 
  the  warp;  also  one  of  a  set  of  compartments  containing 
  shuttles  with  different  colored  threads,  which  are  passed 
  back  and  forth  in  a  certain  order  according  to  the 
  pattern  of  the  cloth  woven. 
 
  {Shutten  race},  a  sort  of  shelf  in  a  loom,  beneath  the  warp, 
  along  which  the  shuttle  passes;  a  channel  or  guide  along 
  which  the  shuttle  passes  in  a  sewing  machine. 
 
  {Shuttle  shell}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous  species  of 
  marine  gastropods  of  the  genus  {Volva},  or  {Radius}, 
  having  a  smooth,  spindle-shaped  shell  prolonged  into  a 
  channel  at  each  end 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shuttle  \Shut"tle\,  v.  i. 
  To  move  backwards  and  forwards,  like  a  shuttle. 
 
  I  had  to  fly  far  and  wide,  shutting  athwart  the  big 
  Babel,  wherever  his  calls  and  pauses  had  to  be 
  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shuttle 
  n  1:  a  ball  of  cork  or  rubber  with  a  crown  of  feathers;  used  to 
  play  badminton  [syn:  {shuttlecock},  {bird},  {birdie}] 
  2:  a  bus  or  train  or  airplane  that  plies  back  and  forth  between 
  two  points 
  3:  passes  the  weft  thread  between  the  warp  threads 
  v  :  travel  back  and  forth  between  two  points 

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