What does "groin" mean?
Groin: (Anat.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
Additional senses
- 2.(Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
- 3.(Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- 4.A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.
- 5.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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