JETTE

, the border made round the stilts under a pier, in certain old bridges, being the same with starling, consisting of a strong framing of timber filled with stones, chalk, &c; to preserve the foundations of the piers from injury.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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