groyne

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

Sinónimos

protecting mole

spur dike

sea dyke

wing dam

wooden breakwater

sea bank

groin, groyne

groin arch

sea embankment

coastal levee

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɡɹɔɪn/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

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

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