"puttees" -- thick pigskin leggings which gave his long limbs quite a substantial appearance and himself no end of comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party] Reference
Grunting about my headache, I climbed back into socks, boots, puttees. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
By 1885 the Egyptians were wearing khaki and puttees rather than gaiters. From Wordnik.com. [First Egyptian Regiment] Reference
Perhaps we had a pair of puttees, and the rest of the costume was our own. From Wordnik.com. [The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919] Reference
My gaze went to it as I dressed, as I sat and put on my boots and puttees. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
The small boys came out in puttees and the women put ribbons in their hair. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
(Mitchell-Hedges wore jodhpurs and puttees to cultivate the explorer look.). From Wordnik.com. [Of Crystal Skulls and Pyramids] Reference
Above the puttees the legs swell, and below the puttees the foot falls asleep. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
A brown blanket covered all but his puttees and a pair of neat, well-made brown boots. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Each man has the same coloured uniform; each has the same pattern tunic, the same puttees. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
One aged woman in a short blue skirt wore sabots, and British puttees in place of stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
I always put my puttees on first and then a pair of thick socks, and finally a pair of boots. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
They had only shirts and shorts, puttees and boots, and the breeze could take no hold on them. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
Again thanks to Richard's expertise, Tevfik's leg coverings were identified as leather puttees. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
This is an unremarkable commonplace, no doubt, but in the case of puttees the effect is twofold. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Unless the men remove their puttees, boots and socks once a day they are liable to have "frost bite". From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Bulgarian forces captured British troops near Dorian and confiscated their boots, puttees, and tunics. From Wordnik.com. [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference
But I had already shoved my few trinkets down my puttees while lying back of the trench that afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
The fact was I had shoved it down under my puttees while lying back of the trench the previous afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
One wore the shallow helmet, high-necked khaki blouse, and roll-puttees of a First World War American uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
Their pagris were gone and their puttees trailing yards behind them, but they had no damage worse than bruises. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
Their puttees are wet, and there is a suggestion of future rheumatism in every fold that encircles their calves. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
He pictured himself in the bathroom eagerly peeling off his puttees as the water splashed into the pale blue bath. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
Behind him came a tall man in khaki tunic, breeches, puttees and cap, his breast covered with bright-coloured ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
I sailed my boots down the drain, I cut up sheets for puttees, and marched like a soldier through the swamps of leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
Rolling up my ankle puttees, which I had refused to exchange for gaiters, I tucked them in my boots and set them in one corner. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
My puttees, which I rarely removed, were more like long rolls of the consistency of nougat than anything else, thanks to the mud. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
In fact, she liked nearly everything about him, from his sunburned face and merry blue eyes to his trim leather boots and puttees. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
Some dashed off to get their Sam Brownes, others called for their servants to wipe a few flecks of dust from their boots and puttees. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
The fighters wore spiral puttees and their heavy hobbed hiking shoes, which caused a metallic clash as they scraped over the asphalt. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
Early on the following Monday morning Wargrave, dressed in khaki knickerbockers, shirt and puttees, and wearing besides his pith helmet. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
The snow blew into our faces, into our eyes and mouths, soaked through our puttees, got into our boots, and dripped from our woollen caps. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
What matters most is that your puttees are frayed or your boots in need of repair, but you console yourself with the thought that after the. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Top With the Third Australian Division] Reference
From hobnailed boots to puttees to campaign hats we were little troopers, drowning in yards of khaki and great draughts of military virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
As for the RoE, edited-I've actually worded that wrong, Ignore this puttees. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Presently the keeper's collie came up and sniffed his puttees, all the while looking askance. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
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