They found a good landing place where there was a Shelving beach extending for some distance in either direction, and a clump of trees close to the water, where they tied the warp of the boat to keep it from floating away.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
Before war came-even last summer, indeed-it was like a Devonshire lane, with steep Shelving banks, thirty to forty feet high, and trees growing on either side, with overhanging roots.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
I stood on the lip of it to-day, high above its Shelving sides, and find it hard to believe that any living thing could have escaped from its upheaval.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs