shelvy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
    reefy; shelfy; shoaly.
    • reefy shallows
    • shoaly waters

WordNet


Shelv"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Sloping gradually; shelving.
    The shore was shelving and shallow. Shak.

Webster 1913