jetty

[Jet·ty]

A jetty is a narrow structure that's built to stretch from land out into the water. Some jetties act as docks or piers for boats.

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Made of jet, or like jet in color.

Noun
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away


a.
Made of jet, or like jet in color.

n.
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

n.
A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

n.
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

v. i.
To jut out; to project.


Jetty

Jet"ty , a. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
The people . . . are of a jetty.

Jetty

Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties . [F.jet'82e a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.] 1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below. 2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore. 3. (Hydraul. Engin.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Jetty ad (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.

Jetty

Jet"ty, v. i. To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.

Made of jet, or like jet in color.

A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

To jut out; to project.

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