jan 1, 1686 - shelving
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A board attached to a cart or wain so as to increase its load capacity, usually in the plural. 1642 <i>lay them in 4 severall rowes crosse over the shelvings of the waine and none in the body,</i> Elmswell (DW18); 1642 <i>for stealing two shillvins 2d,</i> Great Ayton (NRQS4/224); 1686 <i>shilving for 2 cartes</i>, Kettlewell (GRYD159).
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