Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A strip of cloth wound spirally around the leg from ankle to knee.
  • noun A gaiter covering the lower leg.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strip of woolen or other fabric, sometimes waterproofed, four inches wide and three yards long, with a tape at one end, designed to be wound spirally around the leg, from the ankle nearly to the knee. It forms an efficient protection to sportsmen and soldiers. See the extract.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi paṭṭī, from Sanskrit paṭṭikā, from paṭṭakaḥ, bandage, ribbon, from paṭṭaḥ, strip of cloth.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

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  • I wonder whether one could make them of lace. (You'd have to learn to puttee tat, of course.)

    January 13, 2015

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    January 14, 2015