jut

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], alteration of jet, cognate with jetty.

verb

1. (intransitive) To stick out.
   the jutting part of a building
   1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
   ...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each. 1997, Don DeLillo, chapter 1, in Underworld
   Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay. October 21 2020, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60
2. (obsolete) To butt.
   1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer

noun

1. Something that sticks out.
   1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition). The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.