puttees

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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 Washington Times • Feb. 23, 2018

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

There are about 50 photos, almost all of them of black soldiers during World War I. They include shots of men with rifles standing at attention, their lower legs wrapped in leggings called puttees.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2017

I had on wool stockings but Passini wore puttees.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway