[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jetty \jet"ty\, n.; pl. jetties. f. jet'ee a pier, a jetty,
   a causeway. see jet a shooting forth, and cf. jutty.
   1913 webster
   1. arch. a part of a building that jets or projects beyond
      the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
      1913 webster

   2. a wharf or pier extending from the shore.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
jetties jet jutty jetty head 

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