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How to use puttee in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word puttee? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
In ancient Greece a type of puttee was worn by working-class men, who wrapped irregular linen straps around their legs.
He used to trade cigarettes for other men's rum rations and, when the orderly officer's back was turned, quickly whip off puttee, boot and sock to rub the rum between his toes.
British war memorials are marked by their acute realism, with every detail of buckle, puttee and gun carriage captured as if never to be forgotten, so that they need never be seen again.
Examples from Classical Literature
Personally I had no other headgear of any kind, except a sort of Glengarry made of pieces of puttee stitched together.
I was overjoyed, as the hospital was very near Southall, and Mr. and Mrs. puttee were both there to meet me.
A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee.
Then in a series of frenzied curses Wiley stripped off his puttee and felt of his injured 39leg.
His wounded arm had given out, and he had the limb supported in a sling made from a puttee.
I took off the puttee, rolled up his trousers, and discovered no sign of a wound.
He slid the pencil down into his puttee and stood up, bowing.
He walked ahead as fast as he could, his puttee still dragging behind him.
Mrs. puttee and her eldest son saw me off at Euston Station.
Raffles smiled as he secured a regular puttee of dust-sheeting.
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