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groin (2)

groin [ groyn ] (plural groins)


noun 
Definition:
 
sea wall preventing land erosion: a structure resembling a wall built out into a river or the sea to protect the shore from erosion

[Late 16th century. < obsolete groin "pig's snout," via Old French< late Latin grunium< Latin grunnire "grunt"]
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