jetty

CEFRC1

/ˈd͡ʒɛti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A protective structure of stone or concrete

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • A young couple were watching the sunset from the jetty.

  • We ate a waffle on the jetty.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [-ɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.

  3. A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula, a promontory.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • Moſt prepoſtrous therefore and improper is our frequent aſſigning ſuch vveak ſupporters to ſuch monſtrous jetties and exceſſive Superſtructures as vve many times find under Balconies, Bay-VVindovvs and long Galleries, […]

  • Tvviſe tvventie Iettie ſailes vvith him, the ſvvelling ſtreame did take.

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Late Middle English gete, jette, jetti (“projecting upper storey of a building, overhang; breakwater, pier, jetty”), from Anglo-Norman geté, getee, getté, and Middle French geté, getee, jeté (“projecting upper storey of a building; breakwater, pier”) (modern French jetée), a noun use of the past participle of geter, jeter, from Old French geter, jeter (“to throw”) from Late Latin iectāre, the present active infinitive of iectō (“to throw”), probably from Latin iactō (“to cast, hurl, throw”), from iaciō (“to cast, hurl, throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)) + -tō (frequentative suffix). Compare jet (“(obsolete) protruding part”), jutty....