Ridge or wall to hold back water.
1 The next day they were at the prince's levée , and introduced by Edward.
2 When the king's levée was announced, the persons not presented withdrew.
3 It's a long time since you have been at a levée .
4 The Queen held a levée on Friday, for gentlemen only.
5 Who would go to a levée in a straw hat?
6 I think these gentlemen have all been reinstated in their properties since the last levée .
7 However, he wore the uniform to-day at the levée .
8 He must not attempt to appear at the levée in any other than these conventional clothes.
9 The next morning the King had a levée .
10 None of the Whigs or Whig Radicals were at the levée , but a good many Tories.
11 She was dressed in her brightest of morning dresses, and had quite a levée round her couch.
12 I attended the levée of Prince Kaunitz.
13 The great levée was over.
15 But she likes her bed, as other pretty women do, and is practising for the petite levée , like a duchess.
16 But the levée uniforms of the officers gave an air of brilliance contrasted with the civilians of the Government of Egypt.
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