shelvy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shelvy
    adj 1: full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy
           shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: {reefy}, {shelfy},
           {shelvy}, {shoaly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shelvy \Shelv"y\, a.
   Sloping gradually; shelving.
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         The shore was shelving and shallow.      --Shak.
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