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.) 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.
Groined (?), a. (Arch.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a
groined vault.
Grom"et (?), n. Same as Grommet.
Grom"ill (?), n. (Bot.) See Gromwell.
Grom"met (?), n. [F. gourmette curb, curb chain, fr. gourmer to curb,
thump, beat; cf. Armor. gromm a curb, gromma to curb.] 1. A ring formed
by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a
metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written
grummet.