puttee
See also: puttée
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Noun
puttee (plural puttees)
- A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 113:
- 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.
- 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
- 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.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 113:
Translations
strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
References
- McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
- Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.
- Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.
Etymology 2
Noun
puttee (plural puttees)