groin
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9.1
- noun
- /ɡrɔɪn/
- Specialized
:
espigón
- Groins and jetties built perpendicular to the shore intercept shifting sand on the updrift side, but deny sand to the opposite, or downdrift, shoreline.
- groins and jetties
- groins and seawalls
- groins and breakwaters
Examples
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But neither of these things can happen if you build immovable structures like buildings, boardwalks, groins, and seawalls on a barrier beach that is only twenty blocks wide.
Blog text (11) -
The sand apparently came from offshore rather than alongshore, because these sites are isolated from adjacent beaches by groins.
Academic text (2008) -
The beach to the north of each groin.
Academic text (2008) -
Let's hope that the groin can be removed from Oregon Inlet.
Blog text (13) -
All of the beaches nourished with marble gravel are within groin compartments.
Academic text (2008) -
The guidelines also contain specific use standards that prohibit erosion control structures such as bulkheads, seawalls, revetments, jetties, groins, and breakwaters.
Academic text (1991) -
In addition, structural measures such as groins, bulkheads, and rip-rap can have negative impacts on the physical and aesthetic characteristics of beaches by reducing beach width, disrupting sand supplies, and limiting recreational use of the beach.
Academic text (2000) -
The annual erosion rate downdrift of groins and bulkheads constructed at Stone Harbor, New Jersey, was thirty-six meters during the twelve years after their construction (Nordstrom 1988).
Academic text (1990) -
The construction of several groins along the coastline has helped to prevent serious beach erosion.
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Engineers designed a series of groins to trap sand and maintain the beach's natural shape.
Synonyms
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5.1
A long wall that goes from the shore into the sea to protect the coast from waves
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9.9
A low stone or concrete wall that sticks out from a beach to stop the sea from washing away sand
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The coastal groin (sometimes spelled groyne) comes from a French word for something that 'sticks out', like a 'snout', so the name suits the short wall that juts into the sea to stop sand moving.