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
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
Thus it went: a pause—a gathering of sound like the race of an incoming wave; then the high-flung heads of breakers spouting white up the face of a groyne.
From France at War On the Frontier of Civilization by Rudyard Kipling
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 M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
With a quick, sudden heave the summer sea, calm and gleaming, runs a little way up the side of the groyne, and again retires.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
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