jetty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
    groyne; bulwark; breakwater; groin; mole; seawall.

WordNet

Jet"ty adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
    The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.
Jet"ty noun
Etymology
F.jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.
Wordforms
plural Jetties
Definitions
  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.
Jet"ty intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To jut out; to project. Obs. Florio.

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