puttee
UK/ˈpʌtiː/
puttee noun: a strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc. Also the alternative form of patti.
Noun (1)
puttee (plural puttees)
- 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...1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
Noun (2)
puttee (plural puttees)
- 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
Also used as
puttee is also the alternative form of patti.
puttee meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Sanskrit
puttee in Hindi
- strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
- पट्टी paṭṭī
puttee in Urdu
- strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
- پٹی paṭṭī
puttee in Bengali
- strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
- পটি pṭi
puttee in Sanskrit
- strip of cloth wound round the leg for protection
- पट्टी paṭṭī, पट्टिका paṭṭikā
More languagesFewer languages
- puttee in Persian
- پتک patak
- puttee in Vietnamese
- xà cạp
- puttee in Myanmar
- ပတ်တီး patti:
Forms of puttee
| plural | puttees |
|---|---|
| alternative form | puttie |
| alternative form | putty |
Origin of puttee
From Hindi पट्टी (paṭṭī, “bandage, strip of cloth”), from Sanskrit पट्टिका (paṭṭikā) of similar meaning.
From put + -ee.
Questions about puttee
- What does puttee mean?
- Puttee means a strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
- What is puttee in Hindi?
- Puttee in Hindi is पट्टी (paṭṭī). See Puttee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is puttee?
- Puttee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puttee?
- Puttee is pronounced /ˈpʌtiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puttee?
- The plural of puttee is puttees.
Words near puttee in the dictionary
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