groyne

Alternative forms

• groin (US)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Noun

groyne (plural groynes)

1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.

Anagrams

• Gorney, eryngo, reyong, yronge