Found 2 items, similar to Shelfy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shelfy
shelfy
adj : full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals;
“reefy
shallows”;
“shoaly waters” [syn:
reefy,
shelvy,
shoaly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shelfy
Shelfy
\Shelf"y\, a.
1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
“A
shelfy coast.” --Dryden.
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2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.]
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The tillable fields are in some places . . . so
shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its
root. --Carew.
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