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shuttle: a) in a Schiffli embroidery machine: a boat-shaped yarn package holder travelling in a slide a such a manner that it passes through the loop formed in the needle thread thus forming the back thread of the lock stitch. The shuttle-yarn package is a coreless cop and tension is applied by means of a spring over the thread hole; b) in a lace furnishing machine: a term used in Scotland to denote the carriage
Category: Various industries and crafts

shuttle: the orbiter,solid rocket boosters,and external tank of the STS:a reusable manned spacecraft whose mission is either to resupply a space station with additional crewmen,supplies and experiments or to carry men,supplies and experiments into orbit,support them for periods ranging from a few days to one month,and return them to earth
Category: Transport

shuttle: a public conveyance which travels back and forth over a particular route,especially a short route or one connecting two other transport systems
Category: Transport

shuttle: Conveyance which travels back and forth over a particular route,especially a short route or one connecting two other transport systems.
Category: General

shuttleless: (1)In some types of shuttleless-loom weaving, either one or, in some cases, both edges are different from the normal woven selvedge in that the weft is held in position at the turn by threads other than the warp threads, e.g. ,by the use of an independent thread to lock the weft in position at the edge, or by the interlocking of the weft threads. In narrow-fabric weaving, this type of edge is often called a needleloom selvedge; (2)In some shuttleless looms, the weft is severed near to the edge of the cloth, and the cut end is tucked into the shed formed on the next pick.
Category: Various industries and crafts

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