Jetty /(?)/

Jet·ty

Jetty

a.
  1. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
    The people . . . are of a jetty.

Jetty

n.

pl. Jetties

  1. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below. (Arch.)
  2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
  3. 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. (Hydraul. Engin.)

Phrases & Compounds

Jetty head
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

v. i.
  1. To jut out; to project. [Obs.]