groyne
pronunciation
How to pronounce groyne in British English:
UK [grɔɪn]
How to pronounce groyne in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Word Origin
- groyne (n.)
- "strong, low sea wall," 1580s, perhaps from obsolete groin "pig's snout" (c. 1300; the wall so called because it was thought to look like one), from Old French groin "muzzle, snout; promontory, jutting part," from Latin grunnire "to grunt" (compare English colloquial grunter "a pig").