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Groined

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groin  (groin)
n.
1. Anatomy The crease or hollow at the junction of the inner part of each thigh with the trunk, together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
2. Architecture The curved edge at the junction of two intersecting vaults.
3. A small jetty extending from a shore to protect a beach against erosion or to trap shifting sands.
tr.v. groined, groin·ing, groins
To provide or build with groins.
[Alteration (influenced by loin) of Middle English grinde, perhaps from Old English grynde, abyss, hollow.]


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In the middle of this groined and vaulted public square was an oaken table which they called the Table Round.
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The room into which they entered was a vaulted chamber once nobly ornamented by cunning architects, and still retaining, in its beautiful groined roof and rich stone tracery, choice remnants of its ancient splendour.
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The lantern is not wanted, for the moonlight strikes in at the groined windows, bare of glass, the broken frames for which cast patterns on the ground.
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