Definitions for puttees

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puttees put·tee

Spelling: [puh-tee, poo-, puht-ee]

IPA: /pʌˈti, pʊ-, ˈpʌt i/

Puttees is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in puttees (eepsttu).

Definitions for puttees

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 puttees

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

Examples for puttees

Perhaps we had a pair of puttees, and the rest of the costume was our own.

He was surveying Wallie in his riding breeches and puttees with an expression that was at once amused and insolent.

I'm wondering about those puttees, dear—shanks in puttees are deceptive.

We had puttees, but the greater number of us had no rubber boots.

My own costume consisted of an old and thin British warm over either a thin shirt or vest with old riding breeches and puttees.

Upon his puttees it had dried so thickly that you could scarcely see the folds.

He felt no longer the slight tug of puttees about his ankles.

I used to see you in uniform with cap and bronze buttons and sword and puttees.

I had been wounded in both legs, and from one I saw blood streaming down through my puttees.

The body was fully clothed and the legs encased in boots and puttees.