Re-veil'le, n.

(re-vālyā) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. réveil, from réveiller, to awake, from re, again, and veiller, to awake, to watch, from Lat. vigilare, to watch.] (Mil.) The beat of drum about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.

In the United States service, commonly pronounced rev'a-le'.