Shelfy
Pronunciation : Shelf"y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden.
2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.] The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. Carew.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913