Shuttle
['ʃʌt(ə)l] or ['ʃʌtl]
Definition
(noun.) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads.
(noun.) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points.
(verb.) travel back and forth between two points.
Typed by Essie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
(v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
Editor: Manuel
Definition
n. an instrument used for shooting the thread of the woof between the threads of the warp in weaving.—v.t. and v.i. to move to and fro like a shuttle.—n. Shutt′lecock a rounded cork stuck with feathers driven with a battledore: the game itself.—adv. Shutt′lewise in the manner of a shuttle.—adj. Shutt′le-wit′ted flighty.
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Through this shed the shuttle which carries the woof or filling thread is sent crosswise the warp threads. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then a shuttle, also carrying a stout thread, was thrown over the cord, the needle receded and was then forced through the broom again _under_ the binding cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Wilson invented the rotary hook carrying a bobbin, which took the place of the reciprocating shuttle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Crude Condition until the Modern Lathe, Mandrel, Shuttle and Sewing Machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But the greatest curiosity, upon which the fate of the island depends, is a loadstone of a prodigious size, in shape resembling a weaver's shuttle. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- For the making of ribbons and other kind of narrow ware, the needle power loom has been invented, in which the fine weft thread is carried through the web by a needle instead of a shuttle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1760 Robert Kay invented the drop box, by which different shuttles carrying different colors of thread were employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Spindles, shuttles, wheels, and contrivances, plying ideally within the same; rather hopeless-looking, which, however, he did at last bring to bear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Michel