noun material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
2. shelving ·adj sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.
3. shelving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of shelve.
4. shelving ·noun the act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
5. shelving ·noun the act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.