a usu spindle-shaped device that holds a bobbin and is used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp
a sliding thread holder that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine through a loop of the upper thread to make a stitch
a vehicle that regularly travels back and forth over a usu short route
a reusable space vehicle; a space shuttle
= shuttlecock
[Old English scytel bar, bolt]