Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelfed
Literary usage of Shelfed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1828)
"... of fortune would buy a commission which would place him on a half-pay, if he
had no other chance than that of being shelfed by such a proceeding ? ..."
2. Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1892)
"Even then, with his vessel literally shelfed on the ice, certain that she had
been violently nipped, he was congratulating himself on reaching a ..."