Puttee (Noun)
Meaning
A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Soldiers wrapped a puttee around their legs for extra protection from the cold and wet.
- The standard uniform of the regiment included a khaki tunic and a pair of puttees to be worn over trousers.
- As the infantryman was about to embark on his long march, he tightly wound a puttee around his calf to secure his boot.
- After World War I, the puttee was replaced by leggings in military dress codes but its functional purpose was not lost.
- One item from a museum collection included an army-issue puttee dating back to 1917 that remained intact after the years of battles and events that shaped its era.