groyne

British  

/ ɡrɔɪn /

noun

1. Also called: spur.   breakwater.  a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion

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Etymology

Origin of groyne

C16: origin uncertain: perhaps altered from _groin

Example Sentences

GODSON,—Walsingham sends word that the Ada. sailed from Lisbon to the Groyne the 18. of May.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

In Flanders, under the Austrian archdukes, were stationed the McShanes, on the Groyne; the Daniells at Antwerp; the posterity of the earls themselves with that of their former retinue.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.

Why, this now, which you account so choice, were counted but as a cup of bastard at the Groyne, or at Port St. Mary's.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

Corunna stands on a peninsula, having on one side the sea, and on the other the celebrated bay, generally called the Groyne.

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

They took and burnt several places in Spain, particularly Cadiz and the Groyne; intercepted their plate fleets, and reduced that haughty monarch so low, that he has never since recovered it.  

From A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses by