Flood barrier that was dry when Don McLean drove his Chevy to it

noun

1. A reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
2. An afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men
3. A reception usually in honor of a particular person

   "the years of levees and parades and other suave peacetime occasions"

noun

1. An embankment for preventing flooding
2. A river landing place pier
3. A continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded

verb

1. To provide with a levee