jetty

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɛti/

Noun

jetty (plural jetties)

1. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
2. A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
3. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Synonyms

• (protective structure) mole, breakwater
• (wharf, dock) pier

Translations

• German: Damm, Mole, Wellenbrecher
• Italian: molo, frangiflutti, pontile, diga foranea
• Portuguese: quebra-mar
• Russian: волноре́з
• Spanish: malecón, dique, rompeolas

Translations

• Italian: cornicione, pensilina
• Russian: э́ркер

Verb

jetty

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.

Adjective

jetty (comparative jettier, superlative jettiest)

1. (archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.75:

     those large black eyes were so blackly fringed, / The glossy rebels mocked the jetty stain [...].

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1:

     She raised her face veil [...] showing two black eyes fringed with jetty lashes, whose glances were soft and languishing and whose perfect beauty was ever blandishing [...].

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