Jetty (jettied)
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A projecting part of a building, as the upper story of a timber house
Found in Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival styles ...
Jetty
the projection of an upper storey of a building beyond the plane of a lower storey.
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Jetty
The overhanging or projecting part of a timber-framed building.
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Jetty - Project over (e.g. an upper floor, over a street).
Joist - Minor beam supporting a surface (e.g. floor, or ceiling), at regular intervals, supported on bearers.
Jetty
- in timber framed building, an overhang where an upper floor projects or juts (hence jetty?) over the floor below. Jetties were status symbols, and have some functional purpose in preventing deflection in floors.
1. jetty, wharf, quay, promenade, landing place The lifeboats were moored at the pier.
2. pillar, support, post, column, pile, piling, upright, buttress the cross-beams bracing the piers of the jetty
Translations ...
Jetty - A projection, a pier.
Jhamp - A horizontal, vertical or sloping projection hanging below, any horizontal projection like balcony, canopy, verandah, passage etc. to provide protection from direct sun and rain.
(lit. breast-beam): Big horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially a jetty or projecting storey.Bretasche(lit. battlement): Defensive wooden gallery on a wall.
Mediaeval timber-framed buildings often employ jettying, where upper stories are cantilevered out on projecting wooden beams in a similar manner to corbelling.
[edit] Gallery ...
Like the image above, this, somewhat larger, house has a sweeping bell-cast roof with offset roof overhangs. A jetty - a projecting timber-framed room overhanging a wall - held in place by beams gives it a medieval touch.
Jutty - Upper story projecting beyond the one below; also called jetty
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Keystone - Wedge-shaped stone found in the center of some arches ...
 See also: Architecture, Frame, Timber, Ornament, House
  
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