jetty
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
architecture
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English gete, jette, jetti (“projecting upper storey of a building, overhang; breakwater, pier, jetty”), from Anglo-Norman geté, getee, getté, and Middle French geté, getee, jeté (“projecting upper storey of a building; breakwater, pier”) (modern French jetée), a noun use of the past participle of geter, jeter, from Old French geter, jeter (“to throw”) from Late Latin iectāre, the present active infinitive of iectō (“to throw”), probably from Latin iactō (“to cast, hurl, throw”), from iaciō (“to cast, hurl, throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)) + -tō (frequentative suffix). Compare jet (“(obsolete) protruding part”), jutty.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Inflected forms:
form: jetties
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jettee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jetties
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jettying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jettied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jettied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
pos: noun
examples: Spérto, a porch, a portall, a baie vvindovv, or out butting, or iettie of a houſe that ietties out farther than anie other part of the houſe, a iettie or butte.
Moſt prepoſtrous therefore and improper is our frequent aſſigning ſuch vveak ſupporters to ſuch monſtrous jetties and exceſſive Superſtructures as vve many times find under Balconies, Bay-VVindovvs and long Galleries, […]
gloss: A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: [I]t appeareth that all the auncient Townes and Citties which ſtand vppon the Riuers of Rhyne and Danowe, towardes Fraunce and Italy, did ſerue rather for a Banke or Iettie againſt the ouerflowing of the Germanes, than for Fortreſſes to aſſayle them withall.
Near the River VVelland, that runs thro the Tovvn of Spalding in Lincolnſhire, at the depth of above 8 or 10 foot, there vvere found Jettys, as they call them, to keep up the old Rivers Bank, and the head of a Tunnel that emptied the Land-vvater into the old River; […]
[I]nſtead of demolition, they found conſtruction; for the French vvere then at vvork on the repair of the jettees. On the remonſtrances of General [Henry Seymour] Convvay, ſome parts of theſe jettees were immediately deſtroyed.
gloss: A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: There are excellent jetties for landing by boat at the Marine Hotel, and the Vine Inn; […]
The boathouse was a stone one, with a narrow quay along each wall inside, and a small jetty sticking out beyond it into the lake.
The wooden jetty on the East Pier had become worm-eaten and was demolished, but the Admiralty lent an old hulk to serve as a rough-and-ready packet facility.
gloss: A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
obsolete
gloss: Sometimes followed by out: to construct (a part of a building) so that it jets or projects beyond the rest.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Adentellare, […] It is properly to ietty out, or indent ſtones or timber of any vnfinished building, that another may the eaſier be ioyned vnto, or that finiſhed.
gloss: To provide (a riverbank, seashore, etc.) with a jetty (“breakwater; dock or wharf”) (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The land is indeed materially injured in many parts, for want of drains; but I think the expence would exceed the profit: they would soon lodge up, and consequently want jettying on the sides.
The harbor of Greytown was formely open to vessels of considerable draught, but has almost been closed by sand bars; the surveys show, however, that the expense will be but moderate, by jettying with brush and pile, and finally strengthening of stone, of making an entrance for vessels of 30 feelt draught to an amply protected and safe harbor, […]
gloss: Sometimes followed by out or over: of (a part of) a building: to jet or project beyond the rest of the building or other structures.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Spérto, a porch, a portall, a baie vvindovv, or out butting, or iettie of a houſe that ietties out farther than anie other part of the houſe, a iettie or butte.
[A]s he beheld from out of the houſe Gelotiana, the preparation and furniture of the Cirque, ſome fevv from the next open galleries jettying out, called unto him for the ſame.
Three ſides thereof [of Bebel Futuli, the Port of Triumph, a gate of the city of Cairo] are incloſed vvith goodly buildings, hauing galleries of pleaſure vvhich ietty over, ſuſtained vpon pillars.
gloss: To provide a riverbank, seashore, etc., with a jetty (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
intransitive
Derived words: jettage
jettied
jettying
jetty-wise
jutty
Long Jetty
out-jetty
jitty
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: rakentaa aallonmurtaja