Puttee

Definitions

1. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
2. Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service. They looked rather shipshape in khaki suits and puttees, and their guns were of a good model⟳, but they handled them in careless fashion at first, belabouring laden ponies and even coolies who were slow in getting out of the way of my chair.”

“[…] 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).”

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