shuttlebay

English

Etymology

From shuttle +‎ bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

Noun

shuttlebay (plural shuttlebays)

  1. (science fiction) A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
    • 1978, Roger Garrett, The Complete Star Ship: A Simulation Project, Dilithium Press, page 99:
      SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;
    • 1980, Alan Dean Foster, Cachalot, Ballantine Books, page 31:
      […] human shapes could be seen using floaters to shift containers from building to shuttlebay and vice versa.
    • 2005, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowel The Opal Deception, page 200:
      The shuttlebay workers were gathered in front of the intranet screen, waiting for news.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.