groyne

/ ɡrɔɪn /

noun

1. a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion Also calledspurbreakwater

Word History and Origins

Origin of groyne¹

C16: origin uncertain: perhaps altered from groin

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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