shuttlebay
nounEtymology From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
- SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;1978, Roger Garrett, The Complete Star Ship: A Simulation Project, Dilithium Press, page 99:
- […] 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:
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- The shuttlebay workers were gathered in front of the intranet screen, waiting for news.2005, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowel The Opal Deception, page 200: