levee

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

Definition categories: group, reception

2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river

Definition categories: man–made, dock, pier, wharf, wharfage

3. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

Definition categories: man–made, embankment

verb

1. (US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.

- to levee a river

2. (transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.