GROIN

breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty

(noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

groin

(noun) a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults

groin, inguen

(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

groin

(verb) build with groins; “The ceiling was groined”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

groin (plural groins)

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

The area adjoining this fold or depression.

(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

(euphemistic) The genitals.

(geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.

Coordinate terms

• inguinal

Verb

groin (third-person singular simple present groins, present participle groining, simple past and past participle groined)

To deliver a blow to the genitals of.

(architecture) To build with groins.

(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.

Etymology 2

Verb

groin (third-person singular simple present groins, present participle groining, simple past and past participle groined)

To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Etymology 3

Noun

groin (plural groins)

Alternative spelling of groyne

Anagrams

• Gorin, O-ring, Ringo, giron

Source: Wiktionary

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Groin, n. Etym: [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.]

Definition: The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Groin, v. i. Etym: [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]

Definition: To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser.

Groin, n. Etym: [Icel. grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel. greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle. Cf. Grain a branch.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

3. (Math.)

Definition: The surface formed by two such vaults.

4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.

Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined; p. pr. & vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.)

Definition: To fashion into groins; to build with groins. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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