levee
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.