shuttler


shut·tle

S0380100 (shŭt′l)n.1. a. Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle.b. A vehicle used in such travel: took the shuttle across town.c. A route used by a vehicle in such travel: the Washington-New York air shuttle.d. A space shuttle.e. Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary.2. a. A device used in weaving to carry the weft thread back and forth between the warp threads.b. A device for holding the thread in tatting and netting and in a sewing machine.v. shut·tled, shut·tling, shut·tles v.intr. To go, move, or travel back and forth, especially by a shuttle: business people who shuttle between European capitals.v.tr.1. To cause to move back and forth frequently.2. To transport, especially by a shuttle: shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station.
[Middle English shitel, shutel, weaver's shuttle, from Old English scytel, scutel, dart; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
shut′tler n.

shuttler

(ˈʃʌtlə) n (Crafts) a person who weaves