Shuttle
SCHYTTYL, or SHYT- TELL, in weaving, an instrument used by weavers for shooting or passing the thread of the weft from one side of the web to the other, between the threads of the warp. It is a boat-shaped piece of wood, which carries a bobbin or cop containing the yarn of the weft or woof. The shuttle sometimes has wheels to facilitate its motion. It is thrown by hand or by the fly. The fly shuttle_was invented by John Kay, of Bury, England, in 1733.
In a sewing machine, the sliding threadholder which carries the lower thread between the needle and the upper thread, to SIAGONIUM make a lock stitch. In hydraulic engineering, the gate which opens to allow the water to flow onto a wheel. That side of a wheel which receives the water is known as the shuttle side.