Definitions for puttee

puttee put·tee

Spelling: [puh-tee, poo-, puht-ee]
IPA: /pʌˈti, pʊ-, ˈpʌt i/

Puttee is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in puttee (eepttu).

Definitions for puttee

noun

  1. a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
  2. a gaiter or legging of leather or other material, as worn by soldiers, riders, etc.

Origin of puttee

1870-75; Hindi paṭṭī bandage; akin to Sanskrit paṭṭa strip of cloth, bandage

Examples for puttee

Then in a series of frenzied curses Wiley stripped off his puttee and felt of his injured 39leg.

He walked ahead as fast as he could, his puttee still dragging behind him.

Mrs. puttee and her eldest son saw me off at Euston Station.

A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee.

I was overjoyed, as the hospital was very near Southall, and Mr. and Mrs. puttee were both there to meet me.

He slid the pencil down into his puttee and stood up, bowing.

I took off the puttee, rolled up his trousers, and discovered no sign of a wound.

Personally I had no other headgear of any kind, except a sort of Glengarry made of pieces of puttee stitched together.

“Dunno,” McGee answered, looking at the puttee roll in his hand.

His wounded arm had given out, and he had the limb supported in a sling made from a puttee.

Word Value for puttee
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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