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PUTTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does puttee mean?
• PUTTEE (noun)
The noun PUTTEE has 1 sense:
1. a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I
Familiarity information: PUTTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("puttee" is a kind of...):
leg covering; legging; leging (a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle))
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