2. Adjective. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves. ¹
3. Adjective. Postponed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shelved
1. shelve [v] - See also: shelve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelved
Literary usage of Shelved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1920)
"... of the attitude of Great Britain towards the questions to be raised—Wellington
at Vienna—Dismissal of Capo d'Istria—The Eastern Question shelved. ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"In other words, that the subject be shelved or burked. Month. Down in the mouth.
(See under DOWN.) His mouth им» made, he was trained or reduced to ..."
3. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1914)
"... of the attitude of Great Britain towards the questions to be raised —Wellington
at Vienna—Dismissal of Capo d'Istria—The Eastern Question shelved. ..."
4. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1914)
"... d'Istria—The Eastern Question shelved. THE fate of Turkey and of its Christian
subject populations had long exercised the mind of the Emperor Alexander. ..."
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