Bible Dictionaries
Jetty

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To jut out; to project.

(2):

(n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

(3):

(a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jetty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jetty.html. 1828.