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Webster 1913 Edition

Shelving

Shelv′ing

,
Adj.
Sloping gradually; inclining;
as, a
shelving
shore
.
Shak.
“Shelving arches.”
Addison.

Shelv′ing

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shelving

SHELV'ING

,
ppr.
or a. Inclining; sloping; having declivity.
With rocks and shelving arches vaulted round. Addison.

Definition 2024

shelving

shelving

English

Adjective

shelving ‎(comparative more shelving, superlative most shelving)

  1. sloping steeply

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Verb

shelving

  1. present participle of shelve

Noun

shelving ‎(plural shelvings)

  1. Shelves collectively.
    There is ample shelving in the basement.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 47:
      So, creaking and creaking, and the shelvins skirling under the weight of their load, they passed that danger point, the carts plodded into motion again […].

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