shuttle
noun
[ ˈʃʌt(ə)l ]
• a form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
• "the nine o'clock shuttle from Edinburgh"
• a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving.
• short for shuttlecock.
shuttle
verb
• travel regularly between two or more places.
• "the Secretary of State shuttled to and fro seeking compromise"
Origin:
Old English scytel ‘dart, missile’, of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse skutill ‘harpoon’; related to shoot. Sense 1 and the verb are from the movement of the bobbin from one side of the loom to the other and back.
