puttees
/puh-tee, poo-, puht-ee/US // pʌˈti, pʊ-, ˈpʌt i //UK // (ˈpʌtɪ) //
软软椅,帆布鞋,裤子,莆田人
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- : a gaiter or legging of leather or other material, as worn by soldiers, riders, etc.
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Examples
Would you kindly look in my unpainted tin-lined box and get me out a pair of khaki puttees.
How dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures.
From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated.
He wore tan boots and leather puttees, and carried a hunting crop in his hand.
The trenches were a veritable Golgotha with skulls everywhere and dismembered legs still clad with puttees and boots.
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