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reveille|rɪˈvælɪ, rɪˈveɪljeɪ|
Forms: α. 7 (9) revelly, revalley, 8 revallie, 8–9 revally. β. 7– reveille, 9 réveille, réveillé, reveillé, 9 re-, réveillée.
[ad. F. réveillez, imper. pl. of réveiller to awaken, f. re- re- + veiller:—L. vigilāre to keep watch.]
a. A morning signal given to soldiers, usually by beat of drum or by bugle, to waken them and notify that it is time to rise.
The usual military pronunciation is |rɪˈvælɪ|; in the U.S. service |rɛvəˈliː|.
α1644in T. C. Hine Nottingham (1876) App., After the houre of nyne of the clock at night,..untill the Revelly hath beaten the next morninge. 1696R. H. Sch. Recreat. 59 Revalley, is to let them know when it is time to rise in the Morning, and attend on their Duty. 1755Mem. Capt. P. Drake I. xii. 87 Soon after hearing the Drums beat the Revallie, all began to rouse their Spirits. 1778Tickell & Sheridan Camp i. i, He'll mow you down a regiment of beards in the beating a revally. 1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 66 At half-past five's Revelly, an' our tents they down must come. 1899N. Munro Gilian 78 It was sweet to hear the drums beat revally under the vines.
β1651Davenant Gondibert ii. iii. 33 Now the Drums, the Camp's low Thunder, make War's thick united Noise from every Guard; Though they Reveillees scorn, whom grief does wake. 1700Dryden Secular Masque 63 Sound a Reveille, Sound, Sound, The Warrior God is come. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) X x 2 Battre à Diane, to beat a reveille on the drum, as at day-break. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxxii, While our slumbrous spells assail ye, Dream not..Bugles here shall sound reveillé. 1816― Old Mort. xxxv, The hoarse voice of men, and the wild sound of the trumpets blowing the réveillé. 1842Longfellow in Life (1891) I. 434 A bivouac.. and the reveillé are things to make an impression upon one for evermore. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign ix, That night reveillé was whispered at 11.30. It was a curious time for reveillé, and utterly puzzled our cook.
attrib. and Comb.1775Amer. Archives Ser. iv. (1846) IV. 224 The enemy.., this morning, after reveille beating, crossed the bridge. 1894Outing XXIV. 313/1 Not much attention on the part of some companies seemed to be paid to reveille roll-call.
b. transf. and fig.
1651Davenant Gondibert iii. v. 1 So soon Love beats Revellies in her Breast. 1818Kirby & Sp. Entomol. II. xxiv. 384 They sometimes beat such a reveille, that only good sleepers can rest for them. 1850Tennyson In Mem. lxviii, All the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn. 1862C. Rossetti Goblin Market (1884) 25 ‘Up,..Up,’ called the watchman lark In his clear réveillée.
So ‖ reˈveillez. rare.
17..Comforts of Wooing 62 in Brand's Pop. Antiq. (1813) II. 97 Next morning, come the Fidlers, and scrape him a wicked Reveillez. 1840J. B. Fraser Koordistan I. viii. 231 This is followed by the lively beat of the ‘reveillez’ from the Sepoys' quarter. |