Literary notes about Jetty (AI summary)
Writers often employ “jetty” in a dual sense—both as a concrete term for a harbor structure and as a vivid descriptor of deep, dark color. In nautical settings, the word marks the specific place where boats dock or depart, as when a motor-boat is scheduled to arrive at the jetty ([1]) or when structures extending into the water are noted for their practical use ([2]). At the same time, “jetty” transforms into an evocative adjective that paints images of inky black hair or features, enriching character portrayals with a striking, almost symbolic darkness ([3], [4], [5]). This multifaceted use interweaves tangible maritime scenes with subtle nuances of character and atmosphere.
- The motor-boat will be at the jetty at nine-thirty, sir."
— from The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath - A jetty pier, some two thousand yards along, extended into the roadstead.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - His horny hoofs are jetty black and round,
— from Mrs. Loudon's Entertaining Naturalist
Being popular descriptions, tales, and anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals. by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon - He passed his fingers softly over her forehead, and put back the tangled masses of jetty hair, which long neglect had piled about her face.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans - Mary, a tall, lithe girl, of a most jetty black, was listless and apparently indifferent.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup