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puttee

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

How To Use puttee In A Sentence

  • The joints of the limbs I could not see, because of the puttee-like straps in which they were swathed, and which formed the only clothing the being wore. First Men in the Moon
  • It's always: 'Simpson, where the dooce is my puttees?' or Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France
  • a kind of "puttee" legging, consisting of a long wrapping of white canvas. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
  • The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
  • The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
  • The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
  • Michael Barber says that puttees were replaced by anklets in 1939.
  • He slid the pencil down into his puttee and stood up, bowing. Shelled by an Unseen Foe
  • January 17, 2008 at 9:00 am silleee puttee iz a stiky subjekt fur me. Go Go Gadget Arms!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • Nick sang out cheerfully as he made a great pretense of picking up his books and stuffing a couple of pencils in the top of his pigskin puttee. Shelled by an Unseen Foe
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