What is "puggarees"

Usage examples of "puggarees".

Here and there in towns which were off the railway line, in Barkly East or Ladygrey, the farmers met together with rifle and bandolier, tied orange puggarees round their hats, and rode off to join the enemy.

Horse with the black plumes, some with pink puggarees, some with birdseye, but all of the same type, hard, rugged, and alert.