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Definition of Levee
1. Noun. A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court).
2. Noun. A pier that provides a landing place on a river.
3. Noun. An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
Definition of Levee
1. n. The act of rising.
2. v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.
3. n. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
4. v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
Definition of Levee
1. Noun. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) A pier or other landing place on a river. ¹
4. Verb. (US transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. ¹
6. Noun. A reception of visitors held after getting up. ¹
7. Noun. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Levee
1. to provide with an embankment [v LEVEED, LEVEEING, LEVEES]
Medical Definition of Levee
1. A natural or manmade feature of the landscape that restricts movement of water into or through an area. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levee
Literary usage of Levee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1919)
"It appears, however, that by voluntary contributions, together with assistance
obtained from the United States government, a substantial levee was built ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"lake plantation was protected from overflow by the flood waters of the Mississippi
river by a continuous levee line located in front of ..."
3. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"The officials authorized, in cases of emergency, to build or repair levees need
not postpone action until there is an actual break in the levee, or there is ..."
4. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"The contract prices for this work were 20 ct. per cu. yd. for earth enlargement
and $6.60 per cu. yd. for concrete facing. levee Construction by Dragline ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"A Board of levee Commissioners made a settlement with contractors employed to do
the work on certain levees, by which it paid them a certain 911111 and took ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"The two great causes of the catastrophe were the breaks through the city's levee
by the waters of the freshet, and their subsequent detention by the ..."
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