puttee

From Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.

• puttie
• putty

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌtiː/, /pʌˈtiː/

puttee (plural puttees)

1. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 113:

     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.

   • 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China

     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.

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.
• Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.

put +‎ -ee

puttee (plural puttees)

1. (grammar) Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.

• putter