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Definition of Groynes
1. groyne [n] - See also: groyne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groynes
Literary usage of Groynes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"It is reported, in addition, that the groynes laid down as far as ... A slight
encroachment is noted at Cuckmere owing to groynes having been constructed at ..."
2. The Law of Building, Engineering, and Ship Building Contracts: And of the by Alfred Arthur Hudson (1895)
"(21) On the 5th July, 1881, the Board informed Mr. Jackson that they had decided
to erect groynes, at the same time repudiating liability for damage to the ..."
3. Coast Erosion and Protection by Ernest Romney Matthews (1913)
"The first groynes erected on the north foreshore were five heavy timber groynes,
... The two existing groynes are 135 ft. and 122 ft. in length respec- ..."
4. The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction (2) Littoral Drift (3) Protection by William Henry Wheeler (1902)
"The dotted lines represent the number and position of low groynes as usually
placed to protect the same length of coast. The effect produced by a single ..."
5. The Sea-coast: (1) Destruction (2) Littoral Drift (3) Protection by William Henry Wheeler (1902)
"The dotted lines represent the number and position of low groynes as usually
placed to protect the same length of coast. The effect produced by a single ..."
6. The Regulation of Rivers by John Lane Van Ornum (1914)
"In the case of a training wall there is a complete continuity of influence
paralleling the improved channel at the side, which groynes alone unavoidably ..."
7. The Regulation of Rivers by John Lane Van Ornum (1914)
"In the case of a training wall there is a complete continuity of influence
paralleling the improved channel at the side, which groynes alone unavoidably ..."
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