levee

An embankment on the margin of a river, to confine it within its natural channel: as, the levees of the Mississippi.

Hence A landing-place for vessels; a quay, pier, or landing-stage.

To embank: as, to levee a river.

To attend the levee of; fasten one’s self on, or pester, at levees.

In irrigation, one of the small continuous ridges of earth surrounding the fields, or compartments, of land that is to be irrigated.

The act or time of rising.

A morning reception held by a prince or great personage; a morning assembly.

A general or miscellaneous assemblage of guests, without reference to the time of day; a reception: as, the president’s levee.

To keep within a channel by means of levees.

The act of rising.