[ˈʃʌtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of transport that travels regularly between two places
(e.g: 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



Phrases:

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

[ˈʃʌtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- travel regularly between two or more places
(e.g: the Secretary of State shuttled to and fro seeking compromise)


Phrases:

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