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Meaning of shuttle trade

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shuttle

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.

  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 transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.

  4. Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.

verb

Definitions

  1. To go back and forth between two places.

  2. To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

    Synonyms:chauffeur