spatteen.
/spaˈtiː/ Formerly, an outer stocking or legging worn by women for protection against wet and cold.
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1926 Bulletin 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.
1928 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 6 The knitted spattee.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 11 All spoiled goods go into her nabsack: curtrages and rattlin buttins, nappy spattees and flasks of all nations.
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