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Definition of Shelfy
1. Adjective. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals. "Shoaly waters"
Definition of Shelfy
1. a. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Definition of Shelfy
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Full of strata of rock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shelfy
1. having shelves [adj SHELFIER, SHELFIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelfy
Literary usage of Shelfy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"She ccas'd; and, hounding from the shelfy shore, Bound the descending nymph the
waves resounding " High wrapt in wonder of the future deed, [roar. ..."
2. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"... or gravelly : the shelfy, or slaty ; and loam, differing in colour, texture,
and degree of fertility. The first abounds in all the higher grounds, ..."
3. Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and by Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (1824)
"This land is in general very productive, and fit for any kind of grain. The shelfy
or slaty soil is far the most prevalent ..."
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