groyne

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groyne

/ɡɹɔɪn/

Sounds like groin · Rhymes with -ɔɪn

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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”).

noun groynes · groin

An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. Old rail and timber groynes will be erected along the beach to trap shingle moved by coastwise drift, and to rebuild the protection to the toe of the embankment.

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noun structure to prevent erosion

Español	escollera, espigón
한국어	방사제 bangsaje
日本語	水制 mizusei
Français	épi
Deutsch	Buhne, Kribbe, Wellenbrecher, Lahnung
Italiano	frangiflutti
Русский	полузапру́да poluzaprúda, бу́на búna

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@misc{groyne_2026,
  title = {groyne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/groyne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}