jetty

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

jetty [jetty jetties] BrE [ˈdʒeti] NAmE [ˈdʒeti] noun (pl. jetties) (NAmE also dock)
a wall or platform built out into the sea, a river, etc, where boats can be tied and where people can get on and off boats
See also: ↑dock

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French jetee, feminine past participle of jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall