'Shelvy' definitions:

Definition of 'shelvy'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly]

Definition of 'Shelvy'

From: GCIDE
  • Shelvy \Shelv"y\, a. Sloping gradually; shelving. [1913 Webster]
  • The shore was shelving and shallow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]