שְׁלִיבָה, (שָלַב) [what is fitted in,] shelf; step, rundle. Macc. 7ᵇ היה … ונשמטה ש׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. נשמט הש׳, corr. acc.) if one is going up a ladder, and a rundle slips from under him &c. Y. Erub. VII, beg. 24ᵇ בין ש׳ לש׳ וכ׳ between each two steps a space of less than &c. Ib. ש׳ עבה a wide-stepped ladder or stair; a. e.—Pl. שְׁלִיבוֹת, שְׁלִיבִים. Bab. Erub. 77ᵇ סולם שׁשְׁלִיבוֹתָיו פורחות an ascent with flying steps, i.e. stairs without foundation and back, step-ladder, opp. to a solid stair-case. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ אחר שְׁלִיבָיו it depends on the material of its steps (or shelves); Bab. Sabb. 60ᵃ שליבותיו; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 13 השְׁלוּבִים, השְׁלוּבִין, v. קוּלָב I.