DCHP-3

leve

[< Cdn F < F se lever rise]
Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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imper. v.

the traditional voyageur summons to awake and get ready for the trail, shouted several times by the guide.

Quotations

1833
The guide roused the men in the morning; the moment the call is heard, "Leve, leve!" the passengers spring up upon their feet. . . .
1869
Lève. Call to arouse men in morning.
1935
It was a similar admonition to the "'!eve, 'leve" which disturbed the short rest of the voyageurs when they were toiling up the rivers from Hudson Bay with their cargoes of supplies for interior posts.