单词 | jettying |
释义 | jettyingn. 1. The construction of a jetty or jetties, esp. as a means of protecting a shoreline, river bank, etc.; protection by jetties. Cf. jetty v.1 2. ΚΠ 1792 W. Walton (title) Free, and candid remarks, on the reports of Messrs. Watte, Goldborne, and Mylne,..to which is subjoined, observations on the mode of jettying proposed by Mr. Hodskinson. 1874 Republic July 11/2 In any event the system of jettying must be carried forward year by year. 1916 Trans. Internat. Engin. Congr., 1915 308 The failure to give satisfactory results is a failure of the dredging plan, not of jettying. 1997 H. J. Walker in A. Goudie Human Impact Reader i. 17 Because of the desire of man to move freely between lagoon or estuary and the ocean, jettying and dredging are common at their juncture. 2. Architecture. The construction of an upper storey (esp. of an early timber-framed building) which projects or juts out beyond a lower load-bearing wall. Cf. jetty v.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > manner of construction > specific post and pan1517 superedification1610 superstructing1654 trabeation1831 post and petrail1867 post and tan1890 skeleton construction1891 flat-slab construction1906 unit construction1909 prefabrication1932 site assembly1941 sandwich construction1944 post and panel1954 prefabbing1954 post and beam1958 jettying1963 system building1964 biotecture1966 timber-framing1967 post and plaster1997 Passivhaus1998 1963 Art Bull. 45 98 By means of the jettying,..the space on the east front made precisely equal to that of the solar cross-wing. 1985 J. Stearne Archaeol. Medieval Eng. & Wales 210 There were obvious constructional advantages of timber, which enabled the practice of jettying. 2005 Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. 4 Towards the ends the upper storey projects—a technique known as jettying. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jettyingadj. rare. 1. Projecting; jutting out. Cf. jetty v.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xv. lxvi. 400 Some Greekes the Pallace scale, The Laders cleaue unto the Iettying Stones. 2003 D. T. Yeomans Repair Hist. Timber Structures vii. 130 The jettying floor joists act as cantilevers to support the bressummer and hence the wall above. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] > formed into or furnished with a projection snouteda1425 promontorieda1657 jettying1863 1863 T. S. Norgate tr. Homer Odyssey vi. 124 Spray dried upon him: this way and that all trembling They fled by the jettying banks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792adj.1609 |
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