puttee
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puttee¹
- /ˈpʌtiː/ UK
- /pʌˈtiː/ UK
Where it comes from
From Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.
noun puttees · puttie · putty
- A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc. 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.
puttee²
noun puttees
- Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting. […] 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).
puttee³
noun puttees
- Alternative form of patti (“Punjab residential subdivision”).
Translations
Every language
noun strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
| हिन्दी | पट्टी paṭṭī |
|---|---|
| Français | bande molletière |
| Tiếng Việt | xà cạp |
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title = {puttee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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