Jetty

Jetty - Other Definitions

• (a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
  
  
• (n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
  
  
• (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
  
  
• (n.) 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.
  
  
• (v. i.) To jut out; to project.