leveeing

Variant of levee

levee definition

☆ levee (lev′ē)

noun

  1. an embankment built alongside a river to prevent high water from flooding bordering land
  2. a landing place, as a pier, on the bank of a river
  3. a low ridge of earth around a field to be irrigated

Etymology: Fr levée, fem. pp. of OFr lever, to raise: see lever

transitive verb leveed lev′eed, leveeing lev′ee·ing

to build a levee along

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