Shuttle

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Shuttle

Shuttle : நூல் நாழி

Shuttle definition

Noun.

  1. An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
  2. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
  3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

Intransitive verb. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.