shuttle

shuttle

shuttle weaver's instrument for shooting the thread of the weft backwards and forwards. XIV. repr. OE. sċytel dart, arrow, corr. to ON. skutill harpoon, bolt :- Gmc. *scutilaz, f. *skut- SHOOT; see -LE1.

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shuttle see loom .

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