groyne

[ groin ]

/ grɔɪn /

Words nearby groyne

Accordingly, packet boats were hired to ply between Falmouth and the Groyne.

The History of the British Post Office |Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
This bank in its turn threatened Harwich Harbour, and a groyne of concrete had to be set up to arrest its progress.

Through East Anglia in a Motor Car |J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
Coruña, which the English then frequently called "The Groyne."

Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period |Various
It was well groapt at, for I knewe him sicke of a paine in the groyne.

Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets |Various

Mr. Allan again offered to put down a groyne at his own expense, Mr. Fleming agreeing to superintend the work.

Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years |Samuel Thompson

groyne

/ (ɡrɔɪn) /

a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion Also called: spur, breakwater

C16: origin uncertain: perhaps altered from groin