[ noun ] a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away <noun.artifact>
Jetty \Jet"ty\, a. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
The people . . . are of a jetty. --Sir T. Browne.
Jetty \Jet"ty\, n.; pl. {Jetties}. [F. jet['e]e 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 head} (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.
On the right, another long jetty shoots out to sea.
The Indian paratroopers have begun withdrawing from the country after their quick success but some remain as a token force, controlling the jetty on Male and the international airport on nearby Hulule island.
Instead, 60 minutes later, she steps on the rotten plank of a boat jetty and drowns in what appears to be all of three feet of water. Like any seraphically bad film, Abraham Valley has its seraphically good moments.
After dark, barefoot and careless on the jetty, I trod in squid ink.
Hundreds of people crowded the half-mile long jetty in Male as the Indian frigate Godavari arrived.
Mount Nugent in Co Cavan is a restored 16th century tower house (keep) offered by JSM and Armstrong at over Pounds 200,000, with 17 acres, two cottages and a jetty on Lough Sheelin.
No casualties were reported when the Moajil-5 grounded on the jetty of Sharjah harbor.
A salvage tug, the Smit Sumatera, answered a distress call from the 9,724-ton freighter as it drifted off Sharjah during the night. But the tug could not get close enough to help and the Moajil-5 grounded on the jetty of Sharjah harbor, Lloyds said.
He planned it to let 15 percent of the energy penetrate the barrier, with a plastic mat under the jetty to prevent undercutting.
The sources at the terminal at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia said the tanker al-Qaddisiyah arrived Sunday evening and "just tried to get alongside the jetty."
KIER INTERNATIONAL, the overseas contracting arm of Beazer, has won a Pounds 16m contract to design and build a jetty at Sri Racha in the Bight of Bangkok, for the Sri Racha Harbour Company.
Andy Valence will stand proud Easter Sunday as the jetty he fought so hard for protects his friends and neighbors on Grand Isle.