The horse and man, for some time, seemed entangled with each other; but, at last, the horse escaped, and made for the further shore, which was shelvy and hard.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
The route lay between a range of low islands, and a shelvy beach, very monotonous and dreary.
"Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific"
Gabriel Franchere
I had been drowned, but that the shore was shelvy and shallow.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown