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shelving

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shelv·ing  (shlvng)
n.
1. Shelves considered as a group.
2. Material for shelves.
3. An incline; a slope.

shelving
Noun
1. material for shelves
2. shelves collectively

Shelving shelves collectively, 1844.
Translations
shelving [ˈʃɛlvɪŋ] nestantería
shelving [ˈʃɛlvɪŋ] n (= shelves) → rayonnage(s) m(pl)
shelving [ˈʃɛlvɪŋ] shelve nRegale pl
shelving [ˈʃɛlvɪŋ] nscaffalature fpl


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As we approached the Shimerdas' dwelling, I could still see nothing but rough red hillocks, and draws with shelving banks and long roots hanging out where the earth had crumbled away.
I look eagerly through the mist for some signs of a dwelling-house--and I see nothing but a little shelving beach, and a sheet of dark water beyond.
At this critical juncture, when famine stared them in the face, M'Lellan casting up his eyes, beheld an ahsahta, or bighorn, sheltering itself under a shelving rock on the side of the hill above them.
 
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