Shuttle#Land transport

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The original meaning of the word shuttle is the device used in weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in other spheres. Thus the word may now also refer to:

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Transport

=Air transport=

=Land transport=

==Automotive brands==

==Mass transit==

Transport systems operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places

=Spacecraft=

Arts, entertainment, and media

Sciences and technology

Sports

  • 20-yard shuttle, a test performed by American football players
  • Shuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton

Other uses

  • Shuttle (weaving), used by weavers at a textile mill or on a loom
  • Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers
  • Shuttle trading, a form of goods distribution
  • River Shuttle, a river of southeast London in England
  • {{USS|Shuttle|SP-3572}}, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
  • Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea

See also

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