SHELVING

Adjective

shelving (comparative more shelving, superlative most shelving)

sloping steeply

Verb

shelving

present participle of shelve

Noun

shelving (countable and uncountable, plural shelvings)

Shelves collectively.

(chiefly, in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.

(rare) The bank of a river etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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Shelv"ing, a.

Definition: Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak. "Shelving arches." Addison.

Shelv"ing, n.

1. The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

2. The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

3. Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

SHELVE

Shelve, v. t.

1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

2. To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.

Shelve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] Etym: [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.]

Definition: To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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