A framework of timber, or now sometimes a low broad wall of concrete or masonry run out into the sea, for the purpose of arresting the washed-up…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > groyne(s) (5) groyne1582 A framework of timber, or now sometimes a low broad wall of concrete or masonry run out into the sea, for the purpose of arresting the washed-up… breakwater1721 In other uses. A groyne or barrier on the beach to retain shingle. tail-piles1837 see quot. horse1852 An instrument, appliance, or device, for some service suggesting or taken to suggest that of a horse. A groyne. local. groyning1867 The building of groynes; an arrangement or system of groynes. |
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