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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t�l|-�t�l
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Etymology
From OE. scytel (dart, arrow), from Ger. skutilaz (compare ON. skutill (harpoon)), from PG. skut- (project) (see shoot). Name for loom weaving instrument, recorded from 1338, is from a sense of being "shot" across the threads. The back-and-forth imagery inspired the extension to "passenger trains" in 1895, aircraft in 1942, and spacecraft in 1969, as well as older terms such as shuttlecock.

Noun
en-noun

1. A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places.
2. The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads

Translations
trans-top|transport service
French: navette f
Icelandic: skytta f
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trans-top|part of a loom
French: navette f
Icelandic: skytta f
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Verb
en-verb|shuttl|ing

1. To go back and forth between two places.

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