jetty
je tee
- n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- In 2003, for example, the White House killed a $108 million Corps jetty project that Senator Jesse Helms had rammed through Congress to protect fishing boats on North Carolina.
- The hero and heroine stepped aboard, the sailors cast off the hawsers, the ship glided away from the jetty.
- The Bush Administration has made efforts to rein in the Corps, and it even shut down a ludicrous jetty project in North Carolina's Outer Banks.