Jetties
[dʒeti:z]
Definition
(pl. ) of Jetty
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The mattresses were laid 35 to 50 feet wide at the bottom, which width was considerably increased by the superimposed layer of stone, and the jetties extended 2? miles into the sea. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Its construction involved the building across the bar and out into the Gulf of Mexico two long reaches of parallel embankments, called jetties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Patrick