Flood insurance of sorts (5 letters)

{ Answer }

LEVEE

{ Related Clues }

Bank
Dike
Embankment
Pier
Quay
Reception
" . . . waiting on the ___"
Bank manager?
Bank support?
Flood embankment
Flood preventer
Flood protection
Flood protector
King's reception
Mississippi sight
Morning reception
Presidential reception
River embankment
River quay
Royal reception
Sandbags, maybe
Sight on the Mississippi
Aid in flood control
A bank may have one
It holds water
Mississippi River sight
New Orleans sight
Result of some sandbagging
River-bank landing
Sandbag stack, sometimes
Sight along the Mississippi
Sight at New Orleans
White House reception
Army Corps of Engineers construction
Bad thing to be breached
It may get high marks

{ Tags }

along, bank, control, corps, dike, e, embankment, engineers, flood, lee, levee, may, mississippi, new, orleans, quay, reception, river, robert, sight, white

{ Notes }

The answer LEVEE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.

{ Definition }

LEVEE as a noun:

1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river

3. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing