n.
   - a form of transport that travels regularly between two places. ▸short for space shuttle. 
- a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving. ▸a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine. 
- short for shuttlecock.
v.
 travel regularly between two or more places. 
▸transport in a shuttle.
Etymology
  OE scytel ‘dart, missile’, of Gmc origin; rel. to shoot.