Толковый словарь английского языка - shuttle

I. noun see: shoot Date: 14th century 1. a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp, a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting, knotting, or netting, a sliding thread holder for the lower thread of a sewing machine that carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread to make a stitch, ~cock, 3. a going back and forth regularly over an often short route by a vehicle, b. an established route used in a ~, a vehicle used in a ~ , space ~, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; shuttling) Date: 1550 transitive verb to cause to move or travel back and forth frequently, to transport in, by, or as if by a ~ , intransitive verb to move or travel back and forth frequently, to move by or as if by a ~