levée

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levée

noun levées

uncommon Uncommon spelling of levee 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

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@misc{leve_e_2026,
  title = {levée},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lev%C3%A9e},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}