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
In the evening when the wind had dropped a little, they went out on the groyne to see the steamer come in.
From The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Once now and then a porpoise may be seen sunning himself off a groyne; barely dipping himself, and rolling about at the surface, the water shines like oil as it slips off his back.
From The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies
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 Henry C. Adams
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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