And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry, / And dolphin's leap, and little billow crossed / By some low rock or shelve, that made it fret / Against the boundary it scarcely wet.
If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games Sadly, the project has now been shelved