shuttlebay en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
[…] human shapes could be seen using floaters to shift containers from building to shuttlebay and vice versa.
1980, Alan Dean Foster, Cachalot, Ballantine Books, page 31:The shuttlebay workers were gathered in front of the intranet screen, waiting for news.
2005, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowel The Opal Deception, page 200:SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;
1978, Roger Garrett, The Complete Star Ship: A Simulation Project, Dilithium Press, page 99:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shuttlebays | Number=Plur | lexicographic |