Shelvy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shelvy \Shelv"y\, a.
     Sloping gradually; shelving.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The shore was shelving and shallow.      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shelvy
       adj : full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy
             shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: {reefy}, {shelfy}, {shoaly}]