putteen.
/ˈpʌtiː/, /pʌˈtiː/, U.S. /pəˈti/ A long strip of cloth or leather wound spirally round the leg from the ankle to the knee and worn by soldiers, walkers, etc., for protection and support in rough terrain.
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1882 Times 5 Sept. 8/2 For the British troops, each man one waterproof-sheet, two jerseys, one pair of boots, one puttee (on payment), one extra blanket, and one flannel belt.
1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 193 The perspiring sportsman can now..recover his breath and shake the gravel out of his putties.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 2/3 I would infinitely prefer the ‘puttie’, or long, light serge or flannel bandage wrapped tightly round the leg.
1900 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 4/6 To protect the legs [of the dog] from the strong needles of the thick gorse, he was provided with puttees.
1955 Times 5 Aug. 10/7 Denying cigarettes to such as were deficient of one or both puttees.
1992 N. Maclean Young Men & Fire ii. xiii. 249 He liked the spectacular and showy as well as the practical, and even wore classy leather puttees in the woods.
Derivatives
ˈputteed adj. (also puttied) wearing puttees; wrapped in puttees.
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1900 Daily News 10 Apr. 2/4 One [soldier] with his puttied legs kicking aimlessly over the side, was singing.
1929 E. Bowen Last September xii. 141 The last they saw of him was a putteed leg.
1971 T. Sharpe Riotous Assembly (1973) i. 8 Thousands of putteed legs would stamp or turn about, and the glittering bayonets would eddy to and fro.
1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 Apr. 18 I was once a warrior, fearsomely booted, heroically putteed, formidably khaki-drill-starched and polished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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