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Shelvy

Shelvy \Shelv"y\, a. Sloping gradually; shelving.

The shore was shelving and shallow.
--Shak.

Wiktionary
shelvy

a. (context of rock, ice, etc. English) Having shelf.

WordNet
shelvy

adj. full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shoaly]