groyne in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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The areas between groups of groynes are groyne fields.
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The beach suffers from significant erosion of the sand so there are distinctive groyne or walls, to help keep the sand in place.
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The terminal groyne prevents longshore drift from bringing material to other nearby places.
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A long groyne had to be constructed to take the place of the missing doggers and check the erosion.
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The new entrance however was continually silting up and in 1703 a large storm hit, damaging the groyne and filling up the new entrance.
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The height of the groyne was to be reduced and the large boulders removed.
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The issue would be solved through building another timber groyne, and replacement of the matting and sand.
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In front of the beach area near the groyne there is a carpark, boardwalk, grassed area, and cycle path.
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Material that is concentrated too far down the beach may form a temporary groyne that will encourage scouring behind it.
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This groyne eventually disappeared and by 1931 only a few of the blocks were still visible at low tide.
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