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Definition of Shelving
1. a. Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.
2. n. The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
Definition of Shelving
1. Verb. Present participle of shelve. ¹
2. Noun. Shelves collectively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shelving
1. material for shelves [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelving
Literary usage of Shelving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Plan a Library Building for Library Work by Charles Carroll Soule (1912)
"shelving, Generally General rules in shelving are: (1) No book should be ...
Unadvised architects are apt to fill nooks and spaces with shelving to suit. ..."
2. How to Plan a Library Building for Library Work by Charles Carroll Soule (1912)
"shelving, Generally General rules in shelving are: (1) No book should be ...
Unadvised architects are apt to fill nooks and spaces with shelving to suit. ..."
3. Indexing and Filing: A Manual of Standard Practice by Eugene Russell Hudders (1916)
"shelving for Catalogs 753. Advocates of shelving for the housing of catalogs,
pamphlets, etc., claim that a saving in space is possible by grouping the ..."
4. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown (1903)
"shelving AND ACCESSORIES. 175. The chief requirements of book-shelving are get-at-
ability and adjustability. All authorities on library architecture are ..."
5. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown (1903)
"CHAPTER XII. shelving AND ACCESSORIES. 175. The chief requirements of book-shelving
are get-at- ability and adjustability ..."
6. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1883)
"Sondes quarters the same coat as Watton for shelving. * In 15 Edw. III. there was
a fine levied between Thomas de Dene and Martha his wife, quer., ..."
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