shuttlecraft

[ shuht-l-kraft, -krahft ]

noun

, plural shut·tle·craft, shut·tle·crafts.

1. space shuttle.
2. a vehicle used as a shuttle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuttlecraft¹

First recorded in 1950–55; shuttle ( def ) + craft ( def )

Example Sentences

“Commercial aviation will find The Boeing Co. and one or two others heavily subsidized by governmental funds to build planes that will closely resemble spacecraft, such as the space shuttlecraft now on the designing boards,” Satterfield wrote.

From Seattle Times

It knows the girl stands ready, eyes squinting as the Lady’s shuttlecraft lands amid what was once the town square.

From Nature

“This is the first time that an airplane without moving parts has flown,” said MIT aerospace engineer Steven Barrett, who drew inspiration from fictional shuttlecraft from “Star Trek.”

From Reuters

“In Star Trek you have shuttlecraft gliding silently past,” he says.

From Scientific American

It contained a single interplanetary shuttlecraft emblazoned with the IOI logo.

From Literature