Jetty

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÊ’É›ti/Rhymes: -É›ti

From French jetée ‘pier, jetty, causeway’. Compare jet, jutty.

Full definition of jetty

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

• (pier) quay, levee

Hypernyms

• (pier) wharf, dock

Verb

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

jet + -y

Adjective

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 ....

Derived terms

• jettiness