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spattee|spæˈtiː|
[f. spat n.5, after puttee.]
Formerly, an outer stocking or legging worn by women for protection against wet and cold.
1926Bulletin 17 Aug. 4/3 The invention is called the ‘Highland spattee’ and is a Highlander's stocking made spat-fashion to allow the wearer to slip it easily over her shoes and silk stocking. 1928Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 6 The knitted spattee. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 11 All spoiled goods go into her nabsack: curtrages and rattlin buttins, nappy spattees and flasks of all nations. |