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

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

“Groyne? His last name is Groyne?”

From Literature

But the humor deepens as it progresses, as Poelvoorde’s belligerent deity increasingly becomes a punchline and the performances of Groyne and especially Moreau, one of the most gifted performers in Belgium, slide gently to the fore.

From Los Angeles Times

The most telling symptoms were those which affected the victims’ skin: blains, carbuncles, blisters and those swellings that were described by Nicholas Culpepper as ‘risings behind the eares, under the Arme-holes, or in the groyne, without any manifest cause knowne’.

From Time

The woman had been with a small group of swimmers when she was knocked over by a wave A woman has died after suffering head injuries when she was swept into a groyne off the coast of Sussex during a Christmas Day paddle.

From BBC