Crossword clues for puttee
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1875, from Hindi patti "band, bandage," from Sanskrit pattah "strip of cloth."
Wiktionary
n. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
WordNet
n. a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I [syn: puttees]
Wikipedia
A puttee, also spelled puttie, is the name, adapted from the Hindi paṭṭī, bandage ( Skt. paṭṭa, strip of cloth), for a covering for the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee. It consisted of a long narrow piece of cloth wound tightly and spirally round the leg, and serving to provide both support and protection. It was worn by both mounted and dismounted soldiers, generally taking the place of the leather or cloth gaiter.
Usage examples of "puttee".
THE first hour of the journey from Lunda to Kuching, along the Sarawak coast, Carey Black pressed back in the rear seat of the government car and hunched into himself, with his rangy, putteed legs doubled up in front of him.
He was a tall man, in breeches, puttees, and a faded yellow shirt, and Leithen took him for an ordinary trapper or prospector until he heard him speak.
He could see the startling white of their puttees, the glint of their cap badges.
I had on my jungle greens, puttees, boots, web belt with service revolver, and battered bush hat which I had worn all the way through India, Assam, and Burma, and which I had refused to change for new-issue berets.
Well, at least warn us when he's on his way Sean grinned again and trudged on after his orderly officer, the folds of his great-coat flapping about his putteed legs and, for warmth, a silk scarf wrapped around his head beneath the soup-plate shape of his helmet.
Forgetful of all save his vassal's plain fealty to the ethnarch Humphrey or Harold stayed not to yoke or saddle but stumbled out hotface as he was (his sweatful bandanna loose from his pocketcoat) hasting to the forecourts of his public in topee, surcingle, solascarf and plaid, plus fours, puttees and bulldog boots ruddled cinnabar with flagrant marl, jingling his turnpike keys and bearing aloft amid the fixed pikes of the hunting party a high perch atop of which a flowerpot was fixed earthside hoist with care.
Was she fated to end her days at the other end of the United States, wearing puttees and riding breeches, shouting orders through a megaphone at tiny actors, once the Santa Monica fog had finally burned away?