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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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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.