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Puttee

//ˈpʌtiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.

    "[…] for example, Gleitman (1990:30), in support of her claim for universal alignments of syntax and semantics, argues for the universal naturalness of three arguments for 'put' verbs (a putter, a puttee, and a location)."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of patti (“Punjab residential subdivision”). alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.

Etymology 2

From put + -ee.

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