puttee

[ puh-tee, poo-, puht-ee ]

/ pʌˈti, pʊ-, ˈpʌt i /

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noun

a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.

a gaiter or legging of leather or other material, as worn by soldiers, riders, etc.

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Also putty, puttie .

Origin of puttee

1870–75; <Hindi paṭṭī bandage; akin to Sanskrit paṭṭa strip of cloth, bandage

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How to use puttee in a sentence

Would you kindly look in my unpainted tin-lined box and get me out a pair of khaki puttees.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
How dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
He wore tan boots and leather puttees, and carried a hunting crop in his hand.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light|Mary E. Hanshew

The trenches were a veritable Golgotha with skulls everywhere and dismembered legs still clad with puttees and boots.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for puttee

puttee

putty

/ (ˈpʌtɪ) /

noun plural -tees or -ties

(usually plural) a strip of cloth worn wound around the legs from the ankle to the knee, esp as part of a military uniform in World War I

Word Origin for puttee

C19: from Hindi pattī, from Sanskrit pattikā, from patta cloth

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