Associations to the word «Puttee»

Wiktionary

PUTTEE, noun. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.

Dictionary definition

PUTTEE, noun. A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne