Shuttle box

(Weaving)

a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven.

shuttle box

[′shəd·əl ‚bäks] (textiles) A case on a loom at either end of the lay; holds the shutter after it has been moved through the shed. A compartment for quick-access storage of shuttles containing threads of various colors.

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