groin
groin (groin) , noun
[French groin, from grogner to grunt, Latin grunnire.]
The snout of a swine. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Groin , intransitive verb
[French grogner to grunt, grumble.]
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Bears that groined coatinually.
Groin , noun
[Icelandic grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Swedish gren, branch, space between the legs, Icelandic greina to distinguish, divide, Swedish grena to branch, straddle. Compare Grain a branch.]
1.
(Anatomy) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
2.
(Architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
3.
(Mathematics) The surface formed by two such vaults.
4.
A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [English] — Weale
Groin (groind) , transitive verb
(Architecture) 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.