Definition of Shutle
Shut"tle (?), n. [Also shittle,
OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE.
schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS.
sceótan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel,
skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sköttel.
√159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle,
Skittles.] 1. 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.
Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly
glide
My feathered hours. Sandys.
2. 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.
3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten
metal. [R.]
Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the
end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the
thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing
shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and
forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth
woven. -- Shutten race, a sort of shelf in
a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or
guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. --
Shuttle shell (Zoöl.), any one of
numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or
Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a
channel at each end.
Shut"tle (?), v. i. To move
backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the
big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be.
Carlyle.
Shut"tle (?), n. [Also shittle,
OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE.
schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS.
sceótan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel,
skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sköttel.
√159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle,
Skittles.] 1. 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.
Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly
glide
My feathered hours. Sandys.
2. 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.
3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten
metal. [R.]
Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the
end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the
thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing
shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and
forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth
woven. -- Shutten race, a sort of shelf in
a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or
guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. --
Shuttle shell (Zoöl.), any one of
numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or
Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a
channel at each end.
Shut"tle (?), v. i. To move
backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the
big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be.
Carlyle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places.
- The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads
- To go back and forth between two places.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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