shelf

noun5

1. •
   a long piece of wood or glass standing out from a wall, where books or cups can rest

   • We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
2. •
   A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
3. •
   A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

   • But with a slaw suddein chauffing storm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then sootherne swashruter huffling / Flung vs on high shelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after. — 1582
4. •
   The capacity of such an object

   • a shelf of videos
5. •
   The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.

   • This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers. — 2012