Meaning of SHUTTLE in English

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Meaning of SHUTTLE in English

• 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.
• 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.
• A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
• To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

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