Groyne
WordNet
noun
(1) A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
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Etymology
From groign from late Latin grunium, grunia, from mediæval Latin grunnium ‘snout’, from Latin grunnire ‘grunt like a pig’.
Noun
- A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater
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- 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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