shelfwork

Noun

shelfwork (countable and uncountable, plural shelfworks)

1. A built-in shelf or set of shelves.
   • There are various kinds of shelfwork in Japanese architecture and the tsuridana, suspended shelf, is the form most commonly seen in tea architecture and is generally suspended at the front part of the mat where the host prepares tea in order that it may be used to set utensils on.1976, Chanoyu - Issue 15, page 16
   • Adjacent shelfwork is considered an extension of the obstruction.1983, Robert M. Hodnett, Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook, page 184
2. A system of classification, especially one that determines how something can be organized on shelves.
   • The outward form of such system, is a grand classification of all things; whose details consist in the realization that simple, yet nevertheless wonderful shelfwork (or categories), innately but undevelopedly inherent in the human mind, whereby ALL MEN of normal parts, are enabled, by a proper...1858, Peter Kaufmann, The Temple of Truth: Or the Science of Ever-progressive Knowledge
   • Turkoman made good use of his time, and I was sure whatever he knew of Dr. Lyman Kiser's affairs was neatly stashed somewhere in his mental shelfwork.2002, Mark St. George, A Feast of Savages, →ISBN, page 25
3. Items such as brochures that are displayed on and used from a shelf.
   • This "shelfwork" includes manipulatives for students to use in order to review or reinforce skills taught in math, language arts, social studies and science.1987, Newsletter, page 192
   • As with several other shelfworks, the title echoes the clichéd language of sales brochures that tends to present their products in the superlative.2011, Joan Gibbons, Art and Advertising, →ISBN