SHUTTLES

The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.

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.

A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.

To go back and forth between two places.

To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.