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

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

Thus to build a groyne or a sea wall, to say to the sea in effect, "Thou hast taken so much, but thou shalt take no more," is hardly likely to produce any injurious result.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

In addition, concrete blocks were made, allowed to remain in moist sand for three months, and were then placed in the form of a groyne in the sea between high and low-water mark.

From The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns by Adams, Henry C.

After two or three ineffectual castings hither and thither it came to a stop, stood upright, with arms raised high, and then darted straight forward towards the groyne.

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

This bank in its turn threatened Harwich Harbour, and a groyne of concrete had to be set up to arrest its progress.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)