English
Etymology
From OF. groign from late Latin grunium, grunia, from mediæval Latin grunnium �snout�, from Latin grunnire �grunt like a pig�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /gɹ�ɪn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɪn|-�ɪn
Noun
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en-noun
- A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, long shore drift etc.; a breakwater
#:*1993, 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. � Will Self, My Idea of Fun
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