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groyne

/ ɡrɔɪn /

noun

  1. a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion Also calledspurbreakwater
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of groyne1

C16: origin uncertain: perhaps altered from groin
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Example Sentences

In the evening when the wind had dropped a little, they went out on the groyne to see the steamer come in.

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

Our ancestors, who had good reason to know the place, called it The Groyne, but it would be pedantic to so call it now.

Accordingly, packet boats were hired to ply between Falmouth and the Groyne.

The Grunye is probably Coruna, called by sailors the Groyne.

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