| 单词 | jetty outlet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjetty outlet a. General attributive, as jetty channel, jetty outlet, jetty works, etc. rare. ΚΠ 1646 J. Smith To Honourable House of Commons: Humble Remonstr. 1 An unavoydable destruction upon our town of Margate through want of timely repair of the Jettee works. 1792 W. Walton Free & Candid Remarks Improvem. River Ouze 18 Let the extreme corner of the Marsh..be well secured with substantial, but not projecting Jetty-work. 1875 Friend 23 Oct. (1876) 77/2 The river itself is continually employing the jetty system, and..nature makes parallel not converging jetties. 1881 E. L. Corthell Hist. Jetties Mouth Mississippi River (ed. 2) v. 50 A chart of the mouth of the Oder..shows jetty lines, some of which, near the land, are marked 1756. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 381/2 The shoaling in the jetty channel necessitated its reduction in width... The outer channel was..narrowed by the alluvium..deposited in front of the jetty outlet. 1998 J. M. Barry Rising Tide iii. 78 Until his jetty contract was secure, Eads refrained from comment on it. < as lemmas |
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