shuttle

shuttle: see loom.

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shuttle

In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. Shuttle looms fall into two groups according to whether the shuttle is moved by hand or automatically. The second kind is often described as an automatic loom, but except for shuttle movement it is no more automatic in its operation than the hand-moved or so-called nonautomatic loom. See also flying shuttle.

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shuttle

1. a bobbin-like device used in weaving for passing the weft thread between the warp threads

2. 

a. a bus, train, aircraft, etc., that plies between two points, esp one that offers a frequent service over a short route

b. short for space shuttle

3. 

a. the movement between various countries of a diplomat in order to negotiate with rulers who refuse to meet each other

b. (as modifier): shuttle diplomacy

4. Badminton short for shuttlecock

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shuttle [′shəd·əl]

(mechanical engineering)

A back-and-forth motion of a machine which continues to face in one direction.

(nucleonics)

rabbit

(textiles)

A device on a loom that moves filling yarns between the warp yarns during weaving.