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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.