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puttee en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌtiː/ (UK)
• /pʌˈtiː/ (UK)

Etymology

From Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.

Meanings

1. A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
   • he bought himself a pair of Fox's puttees for going out and polished his belt until it shone like mahogany, and I bet he was never pulled up for having dirty buttons. 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, page 113:
   • From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service. They looked rather shipshape in khaki suits and puttees, and their guns were of a good model, but they handled them in careless fashion at first, belabouring laden ponies and even coolies who were slow in getting out of the way of my chair. 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China:

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Relateds

puttywalla

Translations (15)

ota طولاق (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · hi पट्टी (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · sa पट्टिका (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · vi xà cạp (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · my ပတ်တီး (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · bg навой (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · fa پتک (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · sa पट्टी (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · ur پٹی (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · bg партенка (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · pl owijacz (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · fr bande molletière (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · az dolaq (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · az patava (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection) · bn পটি (strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection)

puttee en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From put + -ee.

Meanings

1. Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.
   • […] for example, Gleitman (1990:30), in support of her claim for universal alignments of syntax and semantics, argues for the universal naturalness of three arguments for 'put' verbs (a putter, a puttee, and a location). 2012, Anetta Kopecka, Bhuvana Narasimhan, Events of Putting and Taking: A Crosslinguistic Perspective, page 55:

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Coordinates

putter

puttee en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of patti (“Punjab residential subdivision”).
   alt of patti

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