groyning, vbl. n.
(ˈgrɔɪnɪŋ)
[f. groyne v. + -ing1.]
The building of groynes; an arrangement or system of groynes.
| 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Groining, a peculiar mode of submarine embankment; a quay run out transversely to the shore. 1889 Sussex Daily News 4 June 3/3 Wherever groyning stopped it ceased to have any protecting influence. |