[shut.tle] n [ME shittle, prob. fr. OE scytel bar, bolt; akin to ON skutill bolt, OE sceotan to shoot--more at shoot] (14c) 1 a: a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp b: a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting, knotting, or netting c: 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
2: shuttlecock 3 a: a going back and forth regularly over an often short route by a vehicle b: an established route used in a shuttle; also: a vehicle used in a shuttle c: space shuttle -- shut.tle.less adj
[2]shuttle vb shut.tled ; shut.tling vt (1550) 1: to cause to move or travel back and forth frequently
2: to transport in, by, or as if by a shuttle ~ vi 1: to move or travel back and forth frequently
2: to move by or as if by a shuttle