1893 text
A blast of trumpets, intended as a ‘reveillee’, from French lever.
First he that led the Cavalcade Wore a Sow-gelder’s Flagellet, On which he blew as strong a Levet As well-feed Lawyer on his breviate.
Hudibras, II. ii. v. 609.
This text comes from a footnote on a diary entry in the 1893 edition edited by Henry B. Wheatley.
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Levet.
n. A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.