Groyne Definition

noun

A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

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Other Word Forms of Groyne

Noun

Singular:
groyne
Plural:
groynes

Origin of Groyne

  • From Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Medieval Latin grunnium (“snout”), from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).

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