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shelf (n.)

Old form(s): Shelues

sandbank, shoal

3H6 V.iv.23	[Queen to all] [We will] keep our course ... / From shelves and rocks that threaten us with wrack
Luc.335	[Tarquin to himself] strong pirates, shelves, and sands / The merchant fears, ere rich at home he lands