Editing Jetty (section)

{{Short description|Low bank or small wharf stretching from the shore into a water span}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Redirect|Malecón|other uses of the word|Esplanade|other uses of Malecón|Malecón (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Jetty break2 new(USGS).jpg|thumb| Coastal [[lagoon]]s fronted by barrier spits typically have entrances that migrate over time. Here, the entrance has been fixed by jetty construction. [[Carlsbad, California]], April 1998.]]
[[File:Seebrücke Swakopmund, Namibia.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of a jetty at [[Swakopmund]], [[Namibia]] (2017)]]

A '''jetty''' is a man-made structure that protrudes from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]], as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the [[French language|French word]] ''{{lang|fr|jetée}}'', "thrown", signifying something thrown out.<ref>
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|url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jetty
|title= the definition of jetty
|website= Dictionary.com
|access-date= 4 April 2018
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