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PUTTEE, or PUTTIE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 671 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUTTEE, or PUTTIE , the name, adapted from the See also:Hindi See also:patti, bandage (Skr. patta, See also:strip of See also:cloth), for a covering for the See also:lower See also:part of the See also:leg from the See also:ankle to the See also:knee, consisting of a See also:long narrow piece of cloth See also:wound tightly and spirally See also:round the leg, and serving both as a support and See also:protection,, worn especially by riders, and taking the See also:place of the See also:leather or cloth gaiter. It has been adopted as part of the See also:uniform of the mounted soldier in the See also:British See also:army.

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