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- Levee -
pronounced [lev-ee]
pronounced [lev-ee]
noun
3. Agriculture. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
4. History/Historical. a landing place for ships; quay.
verb (used with object)
5. to furnish with a levee: to levee a treacherous stream.
Origin
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1. an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
3. Agriculture. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
4. History/Historical. a landing place for ships; quay.
verb (used with object)
5. to furnish with a levee: to levee a treacherous stream.
Origin
1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans Fr. levée "raising, lifting, embankment," from Fr., originally fem. pp. of lever "to raise," from L. levare "to raise" (see lever). In an earlier sense borrowed from the lit. Fr.
meaning, it was used for "morning assembly held by a prince or king (upon rising from bed)," 1672.
Related Words
dam, dike, dyke
Related Words
dam, dike, dyke
