Synonyms for jetty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jet-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛt i

Définition of jetty

Origin : early 15c., from Old French jetee "a jetty, a projecting part of a building," also "a throw," noun use of fem. past participle of jeter "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of a structure "thrown out" past what surrounds it.

noun pier

Example sentences :

The detective and the officer were on the jetty of Dieppe harbour.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Fenders were lowered, and the sloop slid gently to the jetty side.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

The end of the jetty; and here in one step more the end of life; the end of everything.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Under their feet the jetty sounded like a drum in the quiet night.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Before we could come up to him he turned about and walked in front of us in the direction of the jetty.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

I engaged him to be the foreman of our lightermen, and caretaker of our jetty.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

Each ship at the Jetty had, of course, her chief officer on board.
Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad

It was Miss Dinah who stood at the jetty, as though awaiting him.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

He stepped into his boat, and Jorgenson walked up the jetty.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Nothing whatever was to be seen between the point and the jetty.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

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