JETTIED

Verb

jettied

simple past tense and past participle of jetty

Source: Wiktionary


JETTY

Jet"ty, a.

Definition: Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.

Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties. Etym: [F.jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Jet"ty, v. i.

Definition: To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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