Groyne

Quick meaning: Groyne is a noun meaning An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

Meaning

An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• groynes
• groin

Synonyms for groyne

Depending on context, synonyms include bulwark, jetty, groin, mole, breakwater, seawall.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breakwater, jetty, seawall, bulwark, mole, groin.

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