puttee — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.

   Related words

   puttywalla

   Examples

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   he bought himself a pair of Fox's puttees for going out and polished his belt until it shone like mahogany, and I bet he was never pulled up for having dirty buttons.

   From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service. They looked rather shipshape in khaki suits and puttees, and their guns were of a good model, but they handled them in careless fashion at first, belabouring laden ponies and even coolies who were slow in getting out of the way of my chair.

Noun

1. Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.

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   […] for example, Gleitman (1990:30), in support of her claim for universal alignments of syntax and semantics, argues for the universal naturalness of three arguments for 'put' verbs (a putter, a puttee, and a location).

Noun

1. a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

   Broader terms

   legginglegingleg covering