"levée" meaning in English

See levée in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: levées [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} levée (plural levées)
  1. Rare spelling of levee. Tags: alt-of, rare Alternative form of: levee
    Sense id: en-levée-en-noun-KksOubMM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 24 4 8 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 32 3 10 5 3

Inflected forms

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          "text": "At this place the levée ran along about one hundred and fifty yards back from the ordinary bank of the river, thus leaving when the water was low, a smooth green lawn, beautifully adapted for an encampment, with the levée or dike, eight feet high and fifteen feet wide, protecting from attack on the land side. Breastworks were thrown up from the levée to the river, above and below the encampment. Back of the levée there was a fine plantation.",
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