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Added 10 October 2026

groyne

/ɡɹɔɪn/ noun

Latin root: grunium Wiktionary

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

Origin

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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