reveille

3 definitions found

reveille - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reveille \Re*veil"le\, n. [F. r['e]veil, fr. r['e]veiller to
     awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake,
     watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken
     by mistake from the French imper. r['e]veillez,2d pers. pl.
     See Vigil.] (Mil.)
     The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give
     notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the
     sentinels to forbear challenging. "Sound a reveille."
     --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           For at dawning to assail ye
           Here no bugles sound reveille.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

reveille - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reveille
      n 1: (military) signal to wake up [syn: reveille, wake-up signal
           ]
      2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a
         bugle call at sunrise

reveille - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "reveille":
     Angelus, Angelus bell, alarm, alarum, arousal, awakening,
     battle cry, birdcall, bugle call, call, last post, moose call,
     rallying cry, rebel yell, rousing, rude awakening, summons, taps,
     trumpet call, war cry, whistle