puttees
Example Sentences
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You expect a director to come walking out of the woods on 18 in puttees and with his cap on backward yelling, “Cut!”
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 30, 2020
One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
They are Doughboys, clad in the distinctive steel helmets and leg puttees of the Great War.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2015
Row upon row of graduating cadets stood at immaculate attention in their green berets and khaki uniforms, their boots covered by pristine white puttees.
From Newsweek ● May 5, 2011
I had on wool stockings but Passini wore puttees.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
