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{{short description|Medieval building technique}} {{about|the building technique|the marine structures|jetty}} {{redirects|Oversailing|oversailing by tower cranes|Crane (machine)#Tower}} [[Image:DoubleJettiedBuilding.jpg|thumb|right|A double jettied [[timber framing|timber-framed]] building. The ends of the multiple [[cantilever]]ed joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen.]] '''Jettying''' (jetty, jutty, from [[Old French]] ''getee, jette'')<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. 1989. Jetty</ref> is a building technique used in [[medieval]] [[timber framing|timber-frame]] buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the available space in the building without obstructing the street. Jettied floors are also termed ''jetties''.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/943487 Illustration of a jettied house]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.plus.com/houses/page4.html |title=Developments: Jettying |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922180449/http://www.today.plus.com/houses/page4.html |archive-date=September 22, 2021}}</ref> In the U.S., the most common surviving [[American colonial architecture|colonial version]] of this is the [[Garrison (architecture)|garrison]] house.<ref>Noble, Allen George, and M. Margaret Geib. Wood, brick, and stone: the North American settlement landscape. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. 22.</ref> Most jetties are external, but some early medieval houses were built with internal jetties.<ref>Alcock, N. A., Michael Laithwaite. "Medieval Houses in Devon and Their Modernization". ''Medieval Archaeology'' vol. 17 (1973), 100β125. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol17/17_100_125.pdf accessed 01/08/2013</ref>
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