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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jetty \Jet"ty\, n.; pl. {Jetties}. [F. jet['e]e a pier, a jetty,
a causeway. See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf. {Jutty}.]
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1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond
the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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3. (Hydraul. Engin.) 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.
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{Jetty head} (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.
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