groyne

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From Middle English groyn (snout), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (grunt like a pig).

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groyne (plural groynes)

  1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.

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groyne

  1. Alternative form of groyn

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groyne

  1. Alternative form of groynen