Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reveille"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound
reveille. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reveille
n 1: (military) signal to wake up [syn: {wake-up signal}]
2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a
bugle call at sunrise
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