shuttlebay

plural shuttlebays

1. literatureA 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

   2 more examples

   […] 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