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(-n, -r): beskyttelsesmole eller stensætning, der skyder vinkelret ud fra kysten for at modvirke flytning af bundmateriale ved vind- og strømpåvirkning.
groin // groyne // A structure projecting from the shore and designed to break the current and thereby check erosion and build out the shore by a deposit of material.
[IMK, North Sea Pilot 1997 p.XII, KortA, 5011]
A structure extending approximately perpendicular from a shore to protect the shore from erosion by tides, currents, or waves or to trap sand for making a beach.
[BOW2]
A low wall-like structure, generally of wood or stone to prevent coast erosion. Groin and groyn are both especially in UK obsolete spellings of groyne.
[OSD]
E. OE. grynde = depression, ditch OSD. Kilder |