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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 Iplay

  Familiarity information: PUTTEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUTTEE (noun)


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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