Definitions for groining

groining groin·ing

Spelling: [groi-ning]
IPA: /ˈgrɔɪ nɪŋ/

Groining is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in groining (ggiinnor).

Definitions for groining

noun

  1. the intersection of two vaults.
  2. the construction of groined vaults.
  3. Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
  4. the general region of this fold or hollow.
  5. Architecture. the curved line or edge formed by the intersection of two vaults.
  6. Also, groyne. a small jetty extending from a shore to prevent beach erosion.

verb (used with object)

  1. Architecture. to form with groins.

Origin of groining

First recorded in 1645-55

Examples for groining

In the side-aisles there is no groining, but only cross vaulting.

The name rang savagely in the groining of the arch, echoed dully in the obscurity in which the fierce struggle went on.

Over the main entrance is a vaulted dome, with a neat piece of groining in granite, also made by the convicts.

The bosses in the groining are yellow and green, as in the capitals.

The ceiling beneath it is blue sprinkled with golden stars, and the groining of the arches which support it is golden also.

She saw it all at a glance—the lights, the black shadows, the sudden glow of a match on the groining of the arch above.

The groining of its roof is the only one of the sort I have seen, it is composed of parallel ribs which cross one another.

The mouldings of the groining are extremely bold and simple.

The whole of the nave south wall remains, showing a row of windows and indications of the groining of the aisle.

Its vaulting was pointed, with groining resting on columns, whose capitals were either Romanesque or Gothic.

Word Value for groining
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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