jettee

Noun

jetty (plural jetties)

1. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
   • 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.1598, John Florio, “Spérto”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 392, column 1

   Synonyms:

   jutty

2. (broadly) 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.
   • [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.1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “When the World had His Beginning”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […]...

   Synonyms:

   mole

3. (broadly) 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.
   • There are excellent jetties for landing by boat at the Marine Hotel, and the Vine Inn; […]1830, Philo Vectis [pseudonym], “The Cowes Visitors’ Companion”, in The Isle of Wight Tourist, and Companion at Cowes, Cowes, Isle of Wight: R. Moir, […], →OCLC, page 49

   Synonyms:

   jutty, levee, quay

   1. (broadly) A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula, a promontory.
   2. (broadly) In full air jetty: synonym of jet bridge (“an elevated, usually enclosed, corridor connecting an airport to an aeroplane for embarking and disembarking crew and passengers”).
4. (broadly, obsolete) Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).

   Synonyms:

   bulwark

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