adj
shelving
Shelving (adj) means Sloping, rather than flat or upright.
adj
1
Sloping, rather than flat or upright.
"The town of Abda is built upon the top and down the steeply shelving face of an isolated rocky spur,"
— T. E. Lawrence (1914)
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Etymology
By surface analysis, this is shelve plus -ing.
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What is the meaning of shelving?
"shelving" (adj) means sloping, rather than flat or upright.
What is another word for shelving?
Other words for "shelving" include tilted, pitched.
