jetty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jetty	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jetty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jetty n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away Synonym(s): breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jetty \Jet"ty\, n.; pl. {Jetties}. [F. jet[82]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 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jetty \Jet"ty\, a. Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. -- Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jetty \Jet"ty\, v. i. To jut out; to project. [Obs.] --Florio.