groyne
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of groyne
C16: origin uncertain: perhaps altered from groin
Example Sentences
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The groyne replacement is part of a 17-year beach management scheme, which started in 2015, to help protect the coastline from flooding and erosion.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
There, as if really unable to get up again, he remained crouching under the groyne, looking up in an attitude of painful anxiety.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
Once now and then a porpoise may be seen sunning himself off a groyne; barely dipping himself, and rolling about at the surface, the water shines like oil as it slips off his back.
From The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies
Great rollers come in at the concrete groyne at the foot of East Street.
From The Open Air by Richard Jefferies
Owing to the roughness of the sea, the steamer arrived late, after the sun had set, and it was a long time turning about before it reached the groyne.
From The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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