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
As the postchaise lumbered heavily up the rough-paved groyne that led from the sands she shook from head to foot.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
Great rollers come in at the concrete groyne at the foot of East Street.
From The Open Air by Jefferies, Richard
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)
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)
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