(lə·vant′) noun
1. Morocco leather from the Levant: also Levant morocco.
2. Levanter.
—adjective Made of Levant morocco.

(lə·vant′) v.i. Brit.
To decamp; abscond. [<Sp. levantar lift <levar <L levare raise]
—le·vant′er noun

(lə·vant′)
1. The coast of the eastern Mediterranean from western Greece to western Egypt.
2. The non–European coastlands along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. [<F <Ital. levante <L levans, -antis, pp. of levare raise]