英语词汇“puttee”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

All the drivers wore puttees but Passini had only one leg. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Beside it was the pilot in a leather helmet with goggles, and puttees wrapped around his legs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The aunts led us over to the automobiles, where Henriette, in black puttees and with a stiff-brimmed cap tucked under his arm, was standing at rigid attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down to tighten the lacings on a puttee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I got nearer I noticed that below his long tan canvas coat with sagging pockets, below the red and black plaid woolen knickers and green puttees, he was wearing skis. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rinaldi was not in the room but his things were there and I sat down on the bed and unwrapped my puttees and took the shoe off my right foot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You expect a director to come walking out of the woods on 18 in puttees and with his cap on backward yelling, “Cut!” Golf in Los Angeles: Part Royal and Ancient, Part Disney - Golf Digest 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Wearing short skirts and puttees, they waded through the molasses and distributed hot coffee and doughnuts to the firemen, policemen, soldiers and sailors. AP Was There: Boston’s ‘Great Molasses Flood’ of 1919 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle. China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

There are about 50 photos, almost all of them of black soldiers during World War I. They include shots of men with rifles standing at attention, their lower legs wrapped in leggings called puttees. African American World War I soldiers served at a time racism was rampant in the U.S. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

They are Doughboys, clad in the distinctive steel helmets and leg puttees of the Great War. Who could forget when chemical weapons were tested in D.C.? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

Though they were almost as black of skin as a Kru boy, they wore large pith helmets, suits of white ducks and blue puttees, being dressed to a button exactly the same. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z

He was dressed in a worn drill tunic and riding-breeches and pigskin puttees, and carried himself, a thin, limber, muscular figure, with careless ease. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z

The only military equipment worn by Georges Clemenceau was a pair of leather puttees which didn't quite fit, but he had eyes and eyebrows and a jaw which all combined to suggest pugnacity. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z

From its experience of Kolchak the Stock Exchange became confirmed in its conviction that the mechanism of bourgeois democracy can be utilized in capitalist interests, and then thrown aside like a worn-out pair of puttees. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z

The marines disarmed them, bound them with their puttees, captured the machine guns, and conducted them to the main battalion. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z

From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z

He was used to seeing women astride in the West; but here they did not wear divided skirts and sombreros; they wore smart derby hats, long-tailed coats, riding-trousers, and puttees. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z

His puttees hurt him a little, he stooped to loosen them. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

I saw puttees and riding breeches, a hand holding a cigarette, and finally a blonde countenance which was turned upward to the sky. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z

The man was clad in khaki tunic, shorts and puttees, with a huge khaki turban, from which protruded a fringed scrap of blue and gold; hob-nailed black boots, and brown belt and bandolier. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

He wore the lightest weight solaro, with a helmet and close-fitting puttees of the same. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z

I used to see you in uniform with cap and bronze buttons and sword and puttees. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z

The boy had not worn boots with straps; he had worn ordinary laced boots and puttees; exactly as I had been thinking at the back of my mind. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z

Early in the morning the Maestro called Vincente, and with his help put on the khaki, the leather puttees, the belt with its burden loose along the thigh. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z

On a bench, by the door of the Customs shed, lounged some big negroes in dark blue tunics and shorts, with blue puttees between bare knees and bare feet. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

But their leggings were dangerously dark, and scarcely as suited to sand or morass—the ground was either one thing or the other—as the familiar puttees. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z

He slammed the innocent receiver on the hook and stood staring at the bare feet protruding from his indolent pajamas, where there should have been puttees and spurs and smartly flaring riding-breeches. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z

Mr. Lomaine was a very pleasant gentleman and was dressed in black, wearing a broad-brimmed black hat, riding puttees, and gauntlets. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

Each man wore a sun helmet, but instead of puttees, jack-boots of dark undressed leather were served out. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z

He sank on to the camp-bed, swung up his long legs, with their heavy boots, shorts, and puttees and puffed luxuriously. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

Like the two men, she wore a grey flannel shirt, knickers, and spiral puttees. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z

Personally I had no other headgear of any kind, except a sort of Glengarry made of pieces of puttee stitched together. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z

Row upon row of graduating cadets stood at immaculate attention in their green berets and khaki uniforms, their boots covered by pristine white puttees. A Decade on the Lam 2011-05-05T05:00:00Z

These would consist of the breeches, puttees and coat, the latter being only necessary for trips up into the mountains where it was chilly. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z

Bertram thankfully took the Embarkation Officer’s advice, and cast off all impedimenta until he was clad only in khaki shirt, shorts, puttees and boots. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

Then, suddenly, the thrill of her husband's touch flooded her face with colour; but she lay motionless, one arm flung across her eyes, while he unrolled her puttees and unlaced her muddy shoes. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z

And then I notice that one leg is thrust out, very stiff and straight, and has a big bulbous swelling which speaks of a bandage under the puttees. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z

Sixty hours elapsed before Martin was able to unwrap the puttees from off his stiff legs and cut the laces of boots so caked with mud that he was too weary to untie them. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z

Her eyes were dimmed with age, her fingers were stiff, but in an astonishingly short period of time she improvised a pair of leathern puttees, fastening with a strap, that answered the purpose beautifully. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z

It was not until he had retrieved his sodden puttees and commenced to put them on, that he realised that he was still wearing the trousers of his pyjamas! Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

All about the room men were busy shining shoes, polishing buttons, rolling puttees, and adjusting equipments. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z

Will the glorious colossi who strode thus habited be seen again this side of Charon's ferry; or will their successors lead the simple life in khaki and puttees? London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z

My own costume consisted of an old and thin British warm over either a thin shirt or vest with old riding breeches and puttees. A Kut Prisoner

How dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures. Sinister Street, vol. 1

Striped blue and green pyjamas, showing for six inches between his shorts and his puttees, would add a distinctly novel touch to the uniform of a British officer. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

I salved the boots from the rain puddle, emptied them, dried them out as best I could with my puttees, and put them on. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z

With a nervous hurry he rid himself of his riding breeches, his puttees, his stock. The Guarded Heights

There was nothing for it but to go on, so tying up the knee with a puttee, I hobbled on—the others nobly helping me by carrying my rifle. A Kut Prisoner

He had a sharp eye; he wore no puttees; and Mr. Long had a vaguely uncomfortable memory, holding over from some previous incarnation, of having seen that long, shrewd face in a courtroom. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus

In their tall tarbooshes, jerseys, shorts and puttees, they looked most workman-like and competent soldiers. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

We used one of the lieutenant’s spiral puttees to mend the cut and broken harness. The Black Watch A Record in Action

"We got horribly muddy," said Loring, glancing down at his riding breeches and puttees which were plastered with red clay. Shadows of Flames A Novel

This must have been uncomfortable in that he still wears leather puttees which are the true hall-mark of men from the British Isles. Seeds of Pine

Each of them had a few rents in their khaki trousers; and might have been served even worse only that their puttees protected the lower part of their limbs. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners

They were clad in khaki tunics, shorts and puttees, and bore the legend “C.C.” in letters of brass on each shoulder-strap. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

Service trousers and puttees are both clumsy in appearance and awkward to put on, and will be replaced by a variant of the Scottish kilt, navy blue in colour and without the sporran or pleats. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920

Then he thought how picturesque those queer puttees would look, hanging on the wall with snowshoes and lynx-skins. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North

Down by the stream, women with red and blue and white shawls over their heads, and feet encased in white puttees, are washing blankets by beating them in the flowing water. Through Our Unknown Southwest

Also she observed that he was neatly garbed in puttees and knickerbockers, and she quickly appraised him as the usual type of Easterner come into the valley to spend the winter. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance

Beside him was seated a peculiar looking person whose knee length skirts of khaki exposed legs encased in wrap puttees. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"

The ’ricksha men have their legs fitted with tight trousers and puttees to end them, and they are graceful. Letters from China and Japan

He began unwinding one of his wrapped puttees. Aces Up

“What, a tall young fellow with leather puttees?” Shadow Mountain

Laura in blouse and short skirt, or even in overalls, seemed to accomplish as much as any possible Laura in a pantaloon suit or puttees or any other land uniform. The Camerons of Highboro

"What paper do you represent?" one man asked me as he sat in the straw, unwrapping his puttees. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"

The Sultan was pacing back and forth, wearing dusty khaki puttees, brown plastic boots, a yellow polo shirt. Sjambak

To part from his uniform was agonising, and he berated the fate that pried him loose from tunic and puttees. The Crimson Tide A Novel

The style of leggings is the same as United States Army puttee legging. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

Still, you can wear practically what you like when on duty, so one works in a shirt, shorts, puttees and boots. War Letters of a Public-School Boy

Correspondent Eyre, who was wearing shoes and puttees, abhorred these breaks. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"

He bought the twins Safety Scout hats of fine, light felt, made for hard service, and he was on the point of buying them leather puttees or leggings, but Bob stopped him. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts

If a girl cares to take off her Sam Brown belt and her puttees long enough to nurse a baby, it’s a matter that concerns her, not humanity at large. The Crimson Tide A Novel

He looks so military in his puttees and khaki shirt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914

But, entering the Court House square at sunset, his mirth sank miserably into his boots; for there upon the steps sat a young man in smart puttees and riding breeches just finishing his dozenth cigarette. Sunlight Patch

The girl was out of the hammock, facing a man in riding breeches and puttees, his face concealed for the moment by his hands. Rimrock Trail

"This isn't—" said Bill, then stopped and glanced at Frank who was lying on his back on the bed with both legs in the air, unfastening his puttees. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor

Each man has the same coloured uniform; each has the same pattern tunic, the same puttees. Life in a Tank

She wore gray wool kilts, riding breeches laced in about the knee, suede puttees and tan shoes; and she carried a Russian game pouch beautifully embroidered across her right shoulder. The Gay Rebellion

We all thought we would be at it again in a few minutes, and the men began tightening up their puttees and looking to their rifles and ammunition. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

Behind him, clinging tight, was Donald Keith, woebegone, almost exhausted, his trim riding clothes snagged and soiled, his shining puttees scuffed and scratched. Rimrock Trail

The kit don't run to much beyond a smasher 'at an' puttees, but they're the regular Service kind, an' then there's the bandolier—an' the gun. The Dop Doctor

Some dashed off to get their Sam Brownes, others called for their servants to wipe a few flecks of dust from their boots and puttees. Life in a Tank

"I'm wondering about those puttees, dear—shanks in puttees are deceptive." The Gay Rebellion

He said never a word, but in a trice had his knife out, cut off his puttee and looked at his ankle. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

So will your leg if you let me get the puttee and boot off. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills

The second-hand Sam Browne belt was distinctly good; the yellow puttees, worn with his own brown lace-up boots, took trouble to adjust. The Dop Doctor

Macloud had borrowed an extra pair of riding breeches and puttees, from his friend, and, at the time appointed, the two men passed through the office. In Her Own Right

Then with the butt of his crop he rubbed a dry spot of mud from his leather puttees, freed the incrusted spurs, and turned towards the door, pausing there to look back. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories

Unless the men remove their puttees, boots and socks once a day they are liable to have "frost bite" "cobble feet" or varicose veins. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

He laughed and held up one leg, the lower part of which was bound in puttees, while the foot was covered with a bandaged raw-hide sandal. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills

In spite of his patched khâki and ragged puttees there was something dandified about him. The Dop Doctor

Into the ring came “Miss Penny Ante,” slim and straight as a boy scout, clad in puttees, dark blue breeches and an olive-drab blouse. Penny of Top Hill Trail

I filled up with socks, shirts, puttees, slacks, spurs and all the old emblems of Mars that I could lay my hands on. Jonah and Co.

His gray spiral puttees generally do not quite reach the bottom of his khaki trousers, thus leaving his knees bare. Wanderings in the Orient

Bracy bowed his head, and the young soldier ran his hand down the puttee bandage about his officer’s leg, and drew in his breath sharply. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills

Steam rose from puttee and heavy shoe and from the sodden woollen breeches. The Flaming Jewel

He was wearing khaki shorts and puttees; even the latter, tightly fitting, did little to disguise the meagreness of his calves. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force

The days of decks, bare feet and semi-nakedness were at an end, and to-morrow would start again the life of boots and puttees, saddles and tents. The Tale of a Trooper

She became silent again, and remained so for some time, while I went on at my task, binding the strips of rug about my feet and ankles, and fastening them, puttee fashion, around my legs. Ravensdene Court

She was wearing the gray-brown coat and gray-brown puttees of the English soldier. World's War Events, Vol. I

He crossed his fat leather puttees creakily and swelled out, trying to look firm. The Search

Nara Gilul was fully conscious in spite of having fallen on his head, but two of his ribs were fractured and his shins were badly cut although protected by his puttees. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force

Each member of this army of artists, litt�rateurs and tacticians possesses a hip pocket, fully loaded, two pairs of puttees, a compass and a wrist watch. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914

He was steadily regarding her, and when her eyes fell upon him, he smiled and 26 stepped forward—a tall, broad, very fair young man in a shooting coat, khaki riding-breeches, and puttees. The Branding Iron

But I had already shoved my few trinkets down my puttees while lying back of the trench that afternoon. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

He stood in the snow switching his wet puttees and looking out across a world of tumbled mountains. Barbarians

When at last the Captain came up with me, I was standing at the top of the Mont Noir, wiping Benedictine from my breeches and puttees. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France

A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

These they wore with the ordinary underclothing and with boots and puttees. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

The fact was I had shoved it down under my puttees while lying back of the trench the previous afternoon. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

He wore dust-coloured breeches and tan puttees, like Sticky Smith's and Kid Glenn's, only he wore no big, clanking Mexican spurs. Barbarians

There's a piece of brown calico we can cut into strips and make puttees for you. A Patriotic Schoolgirl

It is a sign of gaucherie, however, to allow the top of either sock to protrude above the puttee or legging. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919

My new puttees will be most useful, as my old ones are full of holes. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

Mr. Freet wore corduroy riding breeches and leather puttees, a blue flannel shirt and soft tie. Still Jim

Gary came back, his shoes and puttees all over wet snow. Barbarians

Steam rose from puttee and heavy shoe and from sodden woollen breeches. The Flaming Jewel

He was surveying Wallie in his riding breeches and puttees with an expression that was at once amused and insolent. The Dude Wrangler

Would you kindly look in my unpainted tin-lined box and get me out a pair of khaki puttees. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

The men got pretty well carte blanche in blankets, boots, and puttees, and you should have seen them carting off officers' shirts and underclothing. Pushed and the Return Push

The Herr Professor's pop-eyed attention was now occupied with the service puttees worn by Brown. Barbarians

I had on English civilian green puttees, and green was the colour of the Turks. Bulgaria

Between the lamps were two cameras which were being cranked by two tall young men in khaki trousers and leather puttees who wore the peaks of their caps turned backward like children playing "fireman." Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles

And with that out steps a clean-cut, cheerful-faced young gent in a leather coat, goggled helmet, and spiral puttees. The House of Torchy

A brown blanket covered all but his puttees and a pair of neat, well-made brown boots. Pushed and the Return Push

Nick sang out cheerfully as he made a great pretense of picking up his books and stuffing a couple of pencils in the top of his pigskin puttee. Shelled by an Unseen Foe

He wore a neat khaki suit—blouse and "shorts," a pair of blue puttees, a pair of stout shoes, and a dazzling red fez, from which sprang a long waving ostrich feather. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country

Then there was great hustling to get out in line and many a woolen puttee was missing that morning. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces

He actually hated her sturdy legs in their boots or puttees—those tireless, pitiless legs, always twinkling ahead of him, up the trail. Gigolo

One aged woman in a short blue skirt wore sabots, and British puttees in place of stockings. Pushed and the Return Push

He slid the pencil down into his puttee and stood up, bowing. Shelled by an Unseen Foe

Your shoes or boots are by your bed, all oiled and cleaned, and your puttees are neatly rolled, ready to be wound around you from the tops of the shoes to the knee. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country

Boots, puttees and even trousers were sometimes stripped from the men by the mere suction of the mud, in which it was not unusual to remain stuck for several hours. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Perhaps we had a pair of puttees, and the rest of the costume was our own. The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919

For the first time I noticed that the Americans were wearing puttees like our men, instead of the canvas gaiters which they sported when first in France. Pushed and the Return Push

In fact, she liked nearly everything about him, from his sunburned face and merry blue eyes to his trim leather boots and puttees. The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue

I had been wounded in both legs, and from one I saw blood streaming down through my puttees. The Great War As I Saw It

Socks, pull-throughs, overcoats, regimental buttons, badges, hats, tunics, oil-bottles, gloves, puttees, and laces littered the floor and were piled on the benches. The Red Horizon

"Number 15 platoon will parade at 4 P.M. on Thursday, the 24th, for boots, puttees, braces, and service dress caps." Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

Fuller was late this morning, so I had to wait impatiently for my boots and puttees to be cleaned before I could get up, consequently we did not have breakfast till nearly 10-0 o'clock. Letters from France

His legs are covered halfway up to the knee by a genuine pair of puttees, five turns of the bandage being clearly marked. The Sea-Kings of Crete

Miss Harrison and the girls she drilled at the University wore regulation field service uniform, khaki breeches, coat, heavy shoes and puttees, and a large hat of military cut. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

Lazily we drop into the straw, loosen our puttees and shoes and light a soothing cigarette from our little candles. The Red Horizon

These were my thoughts as I sat on the firing-bench with my head drawn down between my knees watching the water dripping from the edges of my puttees. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

I hope not; however put on boots and puttees. Letters from France

On their feet they wore sometimes shoes, with puttees twisted round the lower part of the leg, and sometimes half-boots, as shown on the Chieftain Vase and one of the Petsofa figurines. The Sea-Kings of Crete

On a mantel, were puttees, cold cream and a couple of books; in the wall, nails for coats and scarfs. Golden Lads

The village was crowded with troops, new men, who wore clean shirts, neat puttees and creased trousers. The Red Horizon

He wore a new olive-drab suit, composed of Norfolk jacket and bellows breeches, an imposing Columbia-shape Stetson, and shiny new russet-leather puttees. The She Boss A Western Story

I thought of preserving my ragged puttees with our collection of curiosities. Adrift on an Ice-Pan

He would let them help to put his puttees on, show him the hundred and one things that a soldier needs to know; we would almost burst trying to keep from laughing. Into the Jaws of Death

Boots, covered with rubber boots to the knees in wet weather, or bound with puttees in warm; breeches; a leather coat and as many jerseys as I could walk in—these were my clothes. Golden Lads

I slipped into my boots, tied on my puttees, slung a bandolier with ten rounds of ball cartridge over my shoulder, and groped for my rifle on the rack beneath the shrapnel-shivered joists. The Red Horizon

While shaking hands with the girl, he bowed in grave welcome to the tall figure in leather puttees and whipcord riding-breeches, and Wickersham, from the far side of the room, bowed back in equal gravity. Then I'll Come Back to You

He was a young man, in puttees and knickers and Norfolk jacket, and he was smoking a cigarette. The Prairie Wife

FitzMorris turned up at the next parade with one puttee missing, and a tunic that could not meet across his chest. The Loom of Youth

"But," he said, "the string of my puttee had been driven in so far by the shot I couldn't find it to get the thing off, so I had to bandage over it." My War Experiences in Two Continents

For sixpence you could buy a pair of puttees. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

He pictured himself in the bathroom eagerly peeling off his puttees as the water splashed into the pale blue bath. "Contemptible", by "Casualty"

As the West Point trainer said one day: "I've got him all bandaged up like a leg in a puttee, but from the neck up he's a piece of ice." Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

Three months ago they were hairy men whose beards did grow beneath their shoulders, and their puttees were cemented with wet clay; to-day they are clean-shaven and their Burberrys might be worn in Piccadilly. Leaves from a Field Note-Book

To support the distended vessels, a closely woven silk or worsted stocking, or a light and porous form of elastic bandage, applied as a puttee, should be worn. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.

Our duties are to see every soldier is properly dressed with belt and puttees before going out, and that there are no suspicious persons around, that all lights are extinguished by 9.30, etc. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk.

We crammed our handkerchiefs into the place, and a cotton-wool arm pad which was brought, and we then took off the man's own puttees and tied him up with them. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia

Some were able to tuck the bottoms into their boots, while others had to wind puttees above their knees. "Over There" with the Australians

For apparel Mary V wore a checked riding coat and breeches, together with black puttees. Skyrider

A bullet had just grazed his leg and the Government was compelled to provide him with a new puttee. Adventures of a Despatch Rider

We were pretty thoroughly equipped by the end of the third week, when we were given puttees instead of leggings. Private Peat

I tied up my boots—the laces were covered with liquid clay—and put on my puttees which were hard and stiff with caked mud. Combed Out

Some felt that puttees were a nuisance—everybody realized that the breeches were too long, but differed on the point as to how much too long. "Over There" with the Australians

Mary V hurried the last puttee buckle, picked up her bridle and a battered feed pan, and went quietly across the corral. Skyrider

The small boys came out in puttees and the women put ribbons in their hair. Adventures of a Despatch Rider

There was considerable grumbling about these same puttees, because, at first, they were undoubtedly very uncomfortable. Private Peat

The body was fully clothed and the legs encased in boots and puttees. Combed Out

Breeches and puttees were not only too hot but they closed in the leg and afforded cover to the lively little fellow who lives indiscriminately on the soldiers of both sides. "Over There" with the Australians

Worn with the checked riding breeches and the heavy, black puttees, it was not particularly becoming, but Mary V did not expect to meet many pairs of critical eyes. Skyrider

Their puttees are wet, and there is a suggestion of future rheumatism in every fold that encircles their calves; I can't see much more of them except their weather-beaten faces. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front

We had puttees, but the greater number of us had no rubber boots. Private Peat

"I thought—er—parade was at—was at half-past—and—and—I couldn't find my puttees...." Combed Out

The officers saw that everything was correct, that no lace-ends showed from under the puttees, that no lace-eye lay idle, and that laces were not crossed over the boots. The Amateur Army

It was half-past nine when she climbed out of her window with her riding shoes and puttees, her lunch and her camera and her field glasses, in a bundle under one arm. Skyrider

God is a tall, placid, slender man, who wears puttees when He works in the garden and smokes only cigarettes. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

He grouses when he has to clean his buttons; he grouses loudly and fiercely when a puttee frays to rags, and he grouses when his tea is too hot. Private Peat

Their boots and puttees were caked with mud. Combed Out

Sick parade is not restricted by any dress order; the sore-footed may wear slippers; the sore-headed, Balaclava helmets; puttees can be discarded; mufflers and comforters may be used. The Amateur Army

He wore puttees, riding breeches, and a neat corduroy coat. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today

Physical causes—wet, cold, indigestion, tight puttees—account for nine out of ten of these queer breakdowns. Nightfall

Under khaki-coloured leather coats these two young women wore khaki riding breeches with puttees and flannel shirts. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front

He wore a fez, a neat khaki coat and shorts, blue puttees and boots. African Camp Fires

Smiling and eager to be better acquainted with me, they examined my puttees of spiral wool, my pongee shirt, and khaki riding-breeches, the heavy seams of which they felt and discussed. White Shadows in the South Seas

Pretty they was, too—riding breeches and puttees and a man's flannel shirt and a neat-fitting Norfolk jacket, and Stella being a fine, upstanding figure. Somewhere in Red Gap

Instead of puttees he wore high, laced leather boots that reached to his knees. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border

I was returning from an O Pip, or Observation Post, and Steggles was carrying a pair of my boots with a rolled puttee stuffed into each. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917

He was in khaki; from head to foot, from his peaked military cap to his puttees he was in faultless, well-fitting khaki; even his shirt and his neck-tie were khaki. The Belfry

Behind him came a tall man in khaki tunic, breeches, puttees and cap, his breast covered with bright-coloured ribbons. The Jungle Girl

A pith helmet, Norfolk jacket, moleskin riding-breeches, leather puttees, and stout, pigskin footwear—these were strange apparel. Through stained glass

And Dorothea appeared one day wearing the khaki tunic, breeches and puttees of the Women's Service Corps. The Tree of Heaven

When, after a thrilling ride, I caught him and had a little talk amongst the dimples, it appeared that he had dropped one of the puttees, and wished to return and look for it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917

He felt no longer the slight tug of puttees about his ankles. Triple Spies

These are long trousers cut off just above the knee, and the wearer may either use wrap puttees, or leather leggings, or golf stockings. War in the Garden of Eden

Meanwhile, his partner, dressed as a red and white jockey, in a peaked cap and incongruous puttees, moved round the circle thrusting his slips of tips almost angrily on us. The Pleasures of Ignorance

After a short consultation the lieutenant sighed, cast a glance at the mud and his clean leather puttees, then went overboard, taking a man with him. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines

Her mind turned to them: to Gwinnie, dressed in their uniform, khaki tunic and breeches and puttees, her fawn-coloured overcoat belted close round her to hide her knees. The Romantic

His fur parka, topping those khaki trousers and puttees of his, would seem at least to tell a tale, and might complicate matters considerably. Triple Spies

The trenches were a veritable Golgotha with skulls everywhere and dismembered legs still clad with puttees and boots. War in the Garden of Eden

"And his leather puttees look like some the Germans wear," added Bob. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam

Dressed in khaki trousers, with blue flannel shirt, sombrero and well-worn puttee leggings, he might have been mistaken for a soldier. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest

He stood close, close in front of her, tall and strong and handsome in his tunic, knee breeches and puttees. The Romantic

He measured him mentally from pigskin puttees to rakish, stiff brimmed Stetson with careful dimples in the crown and a leather hatband stamped with horses' heads and his initials. The Phantom Herd

The lanky Englishman had removed his puttees and exposed to the view of the astonished Frenchmen two silk-clad feet, and red silk at that. The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne

The uniform, of khaki-colored woolen, consisted of a simple, short-waisted jacket, big baggy trousers, puttees, and a red fez or a steel helmet with the lunar crescent and "R.F." for its device. A Volunteer Poilu

A strange figure she made, with loose hair cascading over her coat, with knickers and puttees, with wounded arm slung in the breast of her jacket. The Flying Legion

"Miss Leitch played delightful golf up to the hole, but when once she had arrived there the result was almost ludicrous, as she could not hit the ball truly with her puttee." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919

You are at home there with Tommy Atkins, regular of an old line English regiment, in his heavy khaki overcoat and solid boots and wool puttees, a sturdy, hardened man of a terrific war. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

Was it not enough for them that they had been put into English khaki—supplied from the store-cupboard—and that every morning they had to practise the art of putting on a puttee? The Soul of the War

"These puttees are English; a soldier gave them to me." A Volunteer Poilu

He wore the cap and blouse of a chauffeur and his legs were encased in the black puttees of his craft. Madcap

Austin finished buckling his puttee before rising to his full height. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories

Boots off is the only undressing; boots off and puttees unloosed, which saves the feet. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

He blew into the Consulate there wearing an American army shirt, a pair of British officer's riding-breeches, French puttees and a Highlander's forage-cap, and carrying a camera the size of a parlour-phonograph. Fighting in Flanders

There were glimpses of candle flames, bare bodies shivering in the damp cold, and men sitting on beds, winding on their puttees. A Volunteer Poilu

I always put my puttees on first and then a pair of thick socks, and finally a pair of boots. Bullets & Billets

At the end of each train, in passenger-coaches, their officers—tall, slim-legged young Olympians in leather puttees and short tan greatcoats, with their air of elegant amateurs embarking on some rather superior sort of sport. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them

When he had to do a "crawl" he unwound his puttees and wound them over his knees. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

Slowly he came quite close to me, sniffed at my shoes, my puttees, my hands, and then limped off a few feet and lay down again. Pellucidar

I did as I was bid, and presently emerged in the uniform of a British private, complete down to the shapeless boots and the dropsical puttees. Mr. Standfast

My puttees, which I rarely removed, were more like long rolls of the consistency of nougat than anything else, thanks to the mud. Bullets & Billets

Mud from the banks of the stagnant pool caked his legs to the knees, almost hiding his once tan puttees. The Mad King

After dinner J———rolled his puttees up around his bare knees again, for the colonel had not withdrawn permission for the machine-gun expedition. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

My garb must have puzzled them, too, for never before of course had they seen a man clothed in khaki and puttees. Pellucidar

The driver was a great tanned giant, pongee colored from his hair to his puttees and boots. Fanny Herself

Your cursed puttee's trailing as you run; You feel you'd sell your soul to have a drink. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

In a drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe he found many old shoes, puttees, and boots. The Mad King

In the house opposite, in the Rue de Clèves, a man was using his old blue puttees to nail up his fruit-trees. The Happy Foreigner

He examined my puttees and my strong tan shoes—a little the worse for wear now. Pellucidar

I couldn't myself, if it had been Harry Snell or Bill Bailey; but as it was, my pride of khaki helmet, knickers, and puttees collapsed like a burst balloon. It Happened in Egypt

Your puttee catches on a strand of wire, And down you go; perhaps it saves your life, For over sandbag rims you see 'em fire, Crop-headed chaps, their eyes ablaze with strife. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Kingozi saw a tall figure without a coat, dressed in brown shirt, riding breeches, and puttees. The Leopard Woman

Then he went on unwinding his puttees, and did not answer or look up. England, My England

When Perry was rested we returned to the prospector, where he fitted himself out fully like a civilized human being—under-clothing, socks, shoes, khaki jacket and breeches and good, substantial puttees. Pellucidar

Whereat the frightened youth in black puttees sidled over and explained with a pathetic, at once ingratiating and patronising, accent. The Enormous Room

My legs were encased in woolen puttees, olive drab in color, with my trousers overlapping them at the top. Over the Top

He wore a battered old felt hat, a tattered flannel shirt, a ragged pair of shorts, and the blue puttees issued by the British to their native troops. The Leopard Woman

The dull shock of surprise halted her as Siward rose to his feet, still dazed, the sand running from his brown shooting-clothes over his tightly strapped puttees. The Fighting Chance

For nearly half a year he had buttoned his breeches at the knee and housed his calves in puttees and his feet in army brogans. We Can't Have Everything

My puttees and shoes are prehistoric in appearance…. The Enormous Room

Its real efficiency lies in the fact that when carrying it, your puttees absorb all the black grease on its sides. Over the Top

To draw the sledge along, join a lap thong or sealskin or rope or puttee to the outer Ski tips, and also to the ends of the stick across them. Ski-running

Their puttees were snugly reefed about their shanks and their khaki tunics buttoned up to their throats. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front

I had woolen puttees and Page 36“Arctic” overshoes. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

He looked contemptuously around him, upon the thirty clamouring faces each of which wanted to eat him—puttees, revolver and all. The Enormous Room

Its more unconventional lines suited him well; the dust-brown Norfolk, the leathern puttees, gave an adventurous turn to the expression of a personality which was only so on the mental side. The Power and the Glory

Swanks, or Norwegian puttees, may be used to tie the socks above or over the boot so as to prevent the snow from getting inside. Ski-running

The coat—worn without a vest over a fine negligee shirt of silk—was Norfolk; the trousers were riding trousers and above the tan shoes were pig-skin puttees. The Winning of Barbara Worth

The soles of boots and legs wrapped in puttees and the bottom strap of the pack of the man ahead of him were all he could see. Three Soldiers

You would not have thought they were thinking at all as they sat on the broad brick steps, holding their chins in their right hands, left hands twisting their puttee lacers. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine

Presently the keeper's collie came up and sniffed his puttees, all the while looking askance. The Hollow of Her Hand

Breeches and stockings may be worn, but long puttees should be avoided as they constrict the muscles and stop the circulation, thus tending to frost-bite, which is a serious danger at high altitudes. Ski-running

Texas was staring with child-like simplicity at the immaculate figure of the stranger in puttees. The Winning of Barbara Worth

Fuselli wore stained olive-drab breeches and badly rolled puttees; his shirt was open at the neck. Three Soldiers

At breakfast, four eager girls, with wide sombreros on their heads, heavy mountain- shoes and leather puttees covering feet and limbs, talked of the great adventures they were about to meet with. Polly of Pebbly Pit

Even that corps of stalwart guards had to submit to a tonal harmony of drabs, with touches of yellow metal, warm red puttees, and neat little yellow Spanish canes. The Art of the Exposition

From beneath the overturned tonneau projected the lower part of a man's leg, clad in a brown puttee and a russet shoe. The Guest of Quesnay

He took off both her shoes, unwound the spiral puttees and gave her bruised little feet a chance to breathe. In Secret

Two buttons were off the front of Chrisfield's uniform; there were streaks of dirt on his face, and his puttees were clothed with mud. Three Soldiers

He was dressed in riding breeches and puttee leggings, and wore a worn-out horsey air as if in protest against the obligation to work in a black man's land. The Ivory Trail

The leanness of his legs was accentuated by his stiff, starched riding-breeches and close-fitting pigskin puttees, while his face, apart from all else, would have challenged prompt attention. Heart of the Sunset

She wore a butter-colored sport shirt wide open at the neck and brown cord riding breeches and puttees. Who Cares? a story of adolescence

Lots of 'em in Macon City only wore puttees. Missy

He wore greenish kid gloves, very tight for his large hands, and his puttees shone with a dark lustre like mahogany. Three Soldiers

A beautiful girl in sports garb, a beautiful young man in khaki and puttees, a fine old British father with gray side whiskers shaded by a sun-hat with a flowing veil twined about it. Merton of the Movies

Millions of girls were in some kind of fancy dress with buttons and shoulder—straps, breeches and puttees, and they seemed to be making a game of the war and enjoying it thoroughly. Now It Can Be Told

Their clothes were torn with brambles, and prickles from thorn-bushes still clung round their puttees. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

Further down, a man was feeling his puttees. Saint's Progress

"Those are some puttees he had on, I'll tell you," said the legless man who was propped in a chair near the stove. Three Soldiers

An absorbed young man in cap and khaki and puttees came from a distant group surrounding a camera and readjusted the line of these people. Merton of the Movies

Many men standing in slime for days and nights in field boots or puttees lost all sense of feeling in their feet. Now It Can Be Told

I rolled up one of his puttees, put it under his knee, braced his knee up and tied it in position with the other puttee. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

Farag, in loose, flowing garments, quite unlike a kennel huntsman's khaki and puttees, leaned against the wall of his uncle's house. Actions and Reactions

The sight of this perfect young man in his whipcord breeches, with his manicured nails and immaculately polished puttees exasperated him. Three Soldiers

Before she got past his puttees, her powers of observation were befogged by excitement, and her wits began to jump about like monkeys in a cage. One of Ours

The medical officers cut off their boots and their puttees, and the socks that had become part of their skins, exposing blackened and rotting feet. Now It Can Be Told

I just paid a quarter to have these puttees shined. Dangerous Days

Jean sat down on the edge of his bed and put on his shoes and puttees. The Amazing Interlude

His breeches and puttees were invisible for mud. Three Soldiers

Therefore a redheaded young man with long straight legs in puttees, and broad, energetic, responsible-looking shoulders in close-fitting khaki, made a conspicuous figure among the passengers. One of Ours

Squelch! went a young gentleman whose puttees and breeches had lost their glory and were but swabs about his elegant legs. Now It Can Be Told

At stated points were the Nubians, fine, tall, black, soldierly men, with red fez, khaki shirt, and short breeches, bare knees and feet, spiral puttees, and a broad red sash of webbing. The Land of Footprints

At last he broke away, the torn puttee dragging behind him. Three Soldiers

Some time in the night he must have taken off his tunic and boots and puttees, which were on the floor beside the couch. Three Soldiers

Taking off the torn puttee, he wrapped it round the outside of his trousers and kept on walking, feeling a little blood trickle down his leg. Three Soldiers

In other rooms no less elegantly rose-tinted or darkly paneled other officers had made a litter of their bags, haversacks, rubber baths, trench—boots, and puttees. Now It Can Be Told

With them are worn puttees or leather leggings, and low boots. The Land of Footprints

Sam Brown belt and puttees, too, were highly polished. Three Soldiers

He was dressed as a second lieutenant, his puttees were brilliantly polished, and he smoked through a long, amber cigarette-holder. Three Soldiers

Sitting up with difficulty he undid his shoes and puttees, wrapped himself in his blanket. Three Soldiers

Chrisfield caught his puttee on a clump of briars at the edge of the clearing and stood kicking his leg back and forth to get it free. Three Soldiers

Leather leggings are noisy, and the rolled puttees hot and binding. The Land of Footprints

He grabbed carelessly at little cluster of hawthorn flowers as he passed them, and seemed reluctant to untangle the thorny branches that caught in his coat and on his loosely wound puttees. Three Soldiers

He walked ahead as fast as he could, his puttee still dragging behind him. Three Soldiers

The lieutenant in his trench coat and in a new pair of roll puttees stood facing the company, looking solemn. Three Soldiers

His shoes were well-shined, and he wore a new pair of puttees, wound so tightly that his legs ached. Three Soldiers

Khaki shirt, khaki "shorts," blue puttees, besides his knife and my own accoutrements: that was all. The Land of Footprints

单词	puttee
例句	puttee All the drivers wore puttees but Passini had only one leg. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Beside it was the pilot in a leather helmet with goggles, and puttees wrapped around his legs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The aunts led us over to the automobiles, where Henriette, in black puttees and with a stiff-brimmed cap tucked under his arm, was standing at rigid attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent down to tighten the lacings on a puttee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As I got nearer I noticed that below his long tan canvas coat with sagging pockets, below the red and black plaid woolen knickers and green puttees, he was wearing skis. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Rinaldi was not in the room but his things were there and I sat down on the bed and unwrapped my puttees and took the shoe off my right foot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z You expect a director to come walking out of the woods on 18 in puttees and with his cap on backward yelling, “Cut!” Golf in Los Angeles: Part Royal and Ancient, Part Disney - Golf Digest 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Wearing short skirts and puttees, they waded through the molasses and distributed hot coffee and doughnuts to the firemen, policemen, soldiers and sailors. AP Was There: Boston’s ‘Great Molasses Flood’ of 1919 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle. China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z One wore an officer’s uniform and carried a samurai sword, while the other wore puttees and carried what appeared to be a replica rifle. China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z There are about 50 photos, almost all of them of black soldiers during World War I. They include shots of men with rifles standing at attention, their lower legs wrapped in leggings called puttees. African American World War I soldiers served at a time racism was rampant in the U.S. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z They are Doughboys, clad in the distinctive steel helmets and leg puttees of the Great War. Who could forget when chemical weapons were tested in D.C.? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Though they were almost as black of skin as a Kru boy, they wore large pith helmets, suits of white ducks and blue puttees, being dressed to a button exactly the same. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z He was dressed in a worn drill tunic and riding-breeches and pigskin puttees, and carried himself, a thin, limber, muscular figure, with careless ease. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The only military equipment worn by Georges Clemenceau was a pair of leather puttees which didn't quite fit, but he had eyes and eyebrows and a jaw which all combined to suggest pugnacity. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z From its experience of Kolchak the Stock Exchange became confirmed in its conviction that the mechanism of bourgeois democracy can be utilized in capitalist interests, and then thrown aside like a worn-out pair of puttees. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The marines disarmed them, bound them with their puttees, captured the machine guns, and conducted them to the main battalion. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z He was used to seeing women astride in the West; but here they did not wear divided skirts and sombreros; they wore smart derby hats, long-tailed coats, riding-trousers, and puttees. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z His puttees hurt him a little, he stooped to loosen them. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z I saw puttees and riding breeches, a hand holding a cigarette, and finally a blonde countenance which was turned upward to the sky. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The man was clad in khaki tunic, shorts and puttees, with a huge khaki turban, from which protruded a fringed scrap of blue and gold; hob-nailed black boots, and brown belt and bandolier. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z He wore the lightest weight solaro, with a helmet and close-fitting puttees of the same. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z I used to see you in uniform with cap and bronze buttons and sword and puttees. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The boy had not worn boots with straps; he had worn ordinary laced boots and puttees; exactly as I had been thinking at the back of my mind. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Early in the morning the Maestro called Vincente, and with his help put on the khaki, the leather puttees, the belt with its burden loose along the thigh. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z On a bench, by the door of the Customs shed, lounged some big negroes in dark blue tunics and shorts, with blue puttees between bare knees and bare feet. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z But their leggings were dangerously dark, and scarcely as suited to sand or morass—the ground was either one thing or the other—as the familiar puttees. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z He slammed the innocent receiver on the hook and stood staring at the bare feet protruding from his indolent pajamas, where there should have been puttees and spurs and smartly flaring riding-breeches. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Mr. Lomaine was a very pleasant gentleman and was dressed in black, wearing a broad-brimmed black hat, riding puttees, and gauntlets. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Each man wore a sun helmet, but instead of puttees, jack-boots of dark undressed leather were served out. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z He sank on to the camp-bed, swung up his long legs, with their heavy boots, shorts, and puttees and puffed luxuriously. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Like the two men, she wore a grey flannel shirt, knickers, and spiral puttees. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Personally I had no other headgear of any kind, except a sort of Glengarry made of pieces of puttee stitched together. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Row upon row of graduating cadets stood at immaculate attention in their green berets and khaki uniforms, their boots covered by pristine white puttees. A Decade on the Lam 2011-05-05T05:00:00Z These would consist of the breeches, puttees and coat, the latter being only necessary for trips up into the mountains where it was chilly. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z Bertram thankfully took the Embarkation Officer’s advice, and cast off all impedimenta until he was clad only in khaki shirt, shorts, puttees and boots. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Then, suddenly, the thrill of her husband's touch flooded her face with colour; but she lay motionless, one arm flung across her eyes, while he unrolled her puttees and unlaced her muddy shoes. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z And then I notice that one leg is thrust out, very stiff and straight, and has a big bulbous swelling which speaks of a bandage under the puttees. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Sixty hours elapsed before Martin was able to unwrap the puttees from off his stiff legs and cut the laces of boots so caked with mud that he was too weary to untie them. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Her eyes were dimmed with age, her fingers were stiff, but in an astonishingly short period of time she improvised a pair of leathern puttees, fastening with a strap, that answered the purpose beautifully. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z It was not until he had retrieved his sodden puttees and commenced to put them on, that he realised that he was still wearing the trousers of his pyjamas! Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z All about the room men were busy shining shoes, polishing buttons, rolling puttees, and adjusting equipments. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Will the glorious colossi who strode thus habited be seen again this side of Charon's ferry; or will their successors lead the simple life in khaki and puttees? London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z My own costume consisted of an old and thin British warm over either a thin shirt or vest with old riding breeches and puttees. A Kut Prisoner How dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Striped blue and green pyjamas, showing for six inches between his shorts and his puttees, would add a distinctly novel touch to the uniform of a British officer. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z I salved the boots from the rain puddle, emptied them, dried them out as best I could with my puttees, and put them on. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z With a nervous hurry he rid himself of his riding breeches, his puttees, his stock. The Guarded Heights There was nothing for it but to go on, so tying up the knee with a puttee, I hobbled on—the others nobly helping me by carrying my rifle. A Kut Prisoner He had a sharp eye; he wore no puttees; and Mr. Long had a vaguely uncomfortable memory, holding over from some previous incarnation, of having seen that long, shrewd face in a courtroom. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus In their tall tarbooshes, jerseys, shorts and puttees, they looked most workman-like and competent soldiers. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z We used one of the lieutenant’s spiral puttees to mend the cut and broken harness. The Black Watch A Record in Action "We got horribly muddy," said Loring, glancing down at his riding breeches and puttees which were plastered with red clay. Shadows of Flames A Novel This must have been uncomfortable in that he still wears leather puttees which are the true hall-mark of men from the British Isles. Seeds of Pine Each of them had a few rents in their khaki trousers; and might have been served even worse only that their puttees protected the lower part of their limbs. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners They were clad in khaki tunics, shorts and puttees, and bore the legend “C.C.” in letters of brass on each shoulder-strap. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Service trousers and puttees are both clumsy in appearance and awkward to put on, and will be replaced by a variant of the Scottish kilt, navy blue in colour and without the sporran or pleats. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 Then he thought how picturesque those queer puttees would look, hanging on the wall with snowshoes and lynx-skins. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Down by the stream, women with red and blue and white shawls over their heads, and feet encased in white puttees, are washing blankets by beating them in the flowing water. Through Our Unknown Southwest Also she observed that he was neatly garbed in puttees and knickerbockers, and she quickly appraised him as the usual type of Easterner come into the valley to spend the winter. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Beside him was seated a peculiar looking person whose knee length skirts of khaki exposed legs encased in wrap puttees. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The ’ricksha men have their legs fitted with tight trousers and puttees to end them, and they are graceful. Letters from China and Japan He began unwinding one of his wrapped puttees. Aces Up “What, a tall young fellow with leather puttees?” Shadow Mountain Laura in blouse and short skirt, or even in overalls, seemed to accomplish as much as any possible Laura in a pantaloon suit or puttees or any other land uniform. The Camerons of Highboro "What paper do you represent?" one man asked me as he sat in the straw, unwrapping his puttees. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The Sultan was pacing back and forth, wearing dusty khaki puttees, brown plastic boots, a yellow polo shirt. Sjambak To part from his uniform was agonising, and he berated the fate that pried him loose from tunic and puttees. The Crimson Tide A Novel The style of leggings is the same as United States Army puttee legging. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Still, you can wear practically what you like when on duty, so one works in a shirt, shorts, puttees and boots. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Correspondent Eyre, who was wearing shoes and puttees, abhorred these breaks. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" He bought the twins Safety Scout hats of fine, light felt, made for hard service, and he was on the point of buying them leather puttees or leggings, but Bob stopped him. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts If a girl cares to take off her Sam Brown belt and her puttees long enough to nurse a baby, it’s a matter that concerns her, not humanity at large. The Crimson Tide A Novel He looks so military in his puttees and khaki shirt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 But, entering the Court House square at sunset, his mirth sank miserably into his boots; for there upon the steps sat a young man in smart puttees and riding breeches just finishing his dozenth cigarette. Sunlight Patch The girl was out of the hammock, facing a man in riding breeches and puttees, his face concealed for the moment by his hands. Rimrock Trail "This isn't—" said Bill, then stopped and glanced at Frank who was lying on his back on the bed with both legs in the air, unfastening his puttees. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor Each man has the same coloured uniform; each has the same pattern tunic, the same puttees. Life in a Tank She wore gray wool kilts, riding breeches laced in about the knee, suede puttees and tan shoes; and she carried a Russian game pouch beautifully embroidered across her right shoulder. The Gay Rebellion We all thought we would be at it again in a few minutes, and the men began tightening up their puttees and looking to their rifles and ammunition. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Behind him, clinging tight, was Donald Keith, woebegone, almost exhausted, his trim riding clothes snagged and soiled, his shining puttees scuffed and scratched. Rimrock Trail The kit don't run to much beyond a smasher 'at an' puttees, but they're the regular Service kind, an' then there's the bandolier—an' the gun. The Dop Doctor Some dashed off to get their Sam Brownes, others called for their servants to wipe a few flecks of dust from their boots and puttees. Life in a Tank "I'm wondering about those puttees, dear—shanks in puttees are deceptive." The Gay Rebellion He said never a word, but in a trice had his knife out, cut off his puttee and looked at his ankle. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders So will your leg if you let me get the puttee and boot off. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills The second-hand Sam Browne belt was distinctly good; the yellow puttees, worn with his own brown lace-up boots, took trouble to adjust. The Dop Doctor Macloud had borrowed an extra pair of riding breeches and puttees, from his friend, and, at the time appointed, the two men passed through the office. In Her Own Right Then with the butt of his crop he rubbed a dry spot of mud from his leather puttees, freed the incrusted spurs, and turned towards the door, pausing there to look back. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Unless the men remove their puttees, boots and socks once a day they are liable to have "frost bite" "cobble feet" or varicose veins. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders He laughed and held up one leg, the lower part of which was bound in puttees, while the foot was covered with a bandaged raw-hide sandal. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills In spite of his patched khâki and ragged puttees there was something dandified about him. The Dop Doctor Into the ring came “Miss Penny Ante,” slim and straight as a boy scout, clad in puttees, dark blue breeches and an olive-drab blouse. Penny of Top Hill Trail I filled up with socks, shirts, puttees, slacks, spurs and all the old emblems of Mars that I could lay my hands on. Jonah and Co. His gray spiral puttees generally do not quite reach the bottom of his khaki trousers, thus leaving his knees bare. Wanderings in the Orient Bracy bowed his head, and the young soldier ran his hand down the puttee bandage about his officer’s leg, and drew in his breath sharply. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Steam rose from puttee and heavy shoe and from the sodden woollen breeches. The Flaming Jewel He was wearing khaki shorts and puttees; even the latter, tightly fitting, did little to disguise the meagreness of his calves. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The days of decks, bare feet and semi-nakedness were at an end, and to-morrow would start again the life of boots and puttees, saddles and tents. The Tale of a Trooper She became silent again, and remained so for some time, while I went on at my task, binding the strips of rug about my feet and ankles, and fastening them, puttee fashion, around my legs. Ravensdene Court She was wearing the gray-brown coat and gray-brown puttees of the English soldier. World's War Events, Vol. I He crossed his fat leather puttees creakily and swelled out, trying to look firm. The Search Nara Gilul was fully conscious in spite of having fallen on his head, but two of his ribs were fractured and his shins were badly cut although protected by his puttees. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Each member of this army of artists, litt�rateurs and tacticians possesses a hip pocket, fully loaded, two pairs of puttees, a compass and a wrist watch. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 He was steadily regarding her, and when her eyes fell upon him, he smiled and 26 stepped forward—a tall, broad, very fair young man in a shooting coat, khaki riding-breeches, and puttees. The Branding Iron But I had already shoved my few trinkets down my puttees while lying back of the trench that afternoon. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland He stood in the snow switching his wet puttees and looking out across a world of tumbled mountains. Barbarians When at last the Captain came up with me, I was standing at the top of the Mont Noir, wiping Benedictine from my breeches and puttees. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" These they wore with the ordinary underclothing and with boots and puttees. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula The fact was I had shoved it down under my puttees while lying back of the trench the previous afternoon. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland He wore dust-coloured breeches and tan puttees, like Sticky Smith's and Kid Glenn's, only he wore no big, clanking Mexican spurs. Barbarians There's a piece of brown calico we can cut into strips and make puttees for you. A Patriotic Schoolgirl It is a sign of gaucherie, however, to allow the top of either sock to protrude above the puttee or legging. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 My new puttees will be most useful, as my old ones are full of holes. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 Mr. Freet wore corduroy riding breeches and leather puttees, a blue flannel shirt and soft tie. Still Jim Gary came back, his shoes and puttees all over wet snow. Barbarians Steam rose from puttee and heavy shoe and from sodden woollen breeches. The Flaming Jewel He was surveying Wallie in his riding breeches and puttees with an expression that was at once amused and insolent. The Dude Wrangler Would you kindly look in my unpainted tin-lined box and get me out a pair of khaki puttees. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 The men got pretty well carte blanche in blankets, boots, and puttees, and you should have seen them carting off officers' shirts and underclothing. Pushed and the Return Push The Herr Professor's pop-eyed attention was now occupied with the service puttees worn by Brown. Barbarians I had on English civilian green puttees, and green was the colour of the Turks. Bulgaria Between the lamps were two cameras which were being cranked by two tall young men in khaki trousers and leather puttees who wore the peaks of their caps turned backward like children playing "fireman." Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles And with that out steps a clean-cut, cheerful-faced young gent in a leather coat, goggled helmet, and spiral puttees. The House of Torchy A brown blanket covered all but his puttees and a pair of neat, well-made brown boots. Pushed and the Return Push Nick sang out cheerfully as he made a great pretense of picking up his books and stuffing a couple of pencils in the top of his pigskin puttee. Shelled by an Unseen Foe He wore a neat khaki suit—blouse and "shorts," a pair of blue puttees, a pair of stout shoes, and a dazzling red fez, from which sprang a long waving ostrich feather. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Then there was great hustling to get out in line and many a woolen puttee was missing that morning. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces He actually hated her sturdy legs in their boots or puttees—those tireless, pitiless legs, always twinkling ahead of him, up the trail. Gigolo One aged woman in a short blue skirt wore sabots, and British puttees in place of stockings. Pushed and the Return Push He slid the pencil down into his puttee and stood up, bowing. Shelled by an Unseen Foe Your shoes or boots are by your bed, all oiled and cleaned, and your puttees are neatly rolled, ready to be wound around you from the tops of the shoes to the knee. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Boots, puttees and even trousers were sometimes stripped from the men by the mere suction of the mud, in which it was not unusual to remain stuck for several hours. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Perhaps we had a pair of puttees, and the rest of the costume was our own. The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919 For the first time I noticed that the Americans were wearing puttees like our men, instead of the canvas gaiters which they sported when first in France. Pushed and the Return Push In fact, she liked nearly everything about him, from his sunburned face and merry blue eyes to his trim leather boots and puttees. The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue I had been wounded in both legs, and from one I saw blood streaming down through my puttees. The Great War As I Saw It Socks, pull-throughs, overcoats, regimental buttons, badges, hats, tunics, oil-bottles, gloves, puttees, and laces littered the floor and were piled on the benches. The Red Horizon "Number 15 platoon will parade at 4 P.M. on Thursday, the 24th, for boots, puttees, braces, and service dress caps." Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Fuller was late this morning, so I had to wait impatiently for my boots and puttees to be cleaned before I could get up, consequently we did not have breakfast till nearly 10-0 o'clock. Letters from France His legs are covered halfway up to the knee by a genuine pair of puttees, five turns of the bandage being clearly marked. The Sea-Kings of Crete Miss Harrison and the girls she drilled at the University wore regulation field service uniform, khaki breeches, coat, heavy shoes and puttees, and a large hat of military cut. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Lazily we drop into the straw, loosen our puttees and shoes and light a soothing cigarette from our little candles. The Red Horizon These were my thoughts as I sat on the firing-bench with my head drawn down between my knees watching the water dripping from the edges of my puttees. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army I hope not; however put on boots and puttees. Letters from France On their feet they wore sometimes shoes, with puttees twisted round the lower part of the leg, and sometimes half-boots, as shown on the Chieftain Vase and one of the Petsofa figurines. The Sea-Kings of Crete On a mantel, were puttees, cold cream and a couple of books; in the wall, nails for coats and scarfs. Golden Lads The village was crowded with troops, new men, who wore clean shirts, neat puttees and creased trousers. The Red Horizon He wore a new olive-drab suit, composed of Norfolk jacket and bellows breeches, an imposing Columbia-shape Stetson, and shiny new russet-leather puttees. The She Boss A Western Story I thought of preserving my ragged puttees with our collection of curiosities. Adrift on an Ice-Pan He would let them help to put his puttees on, show him the hundred and one things that a soldier needs to know; we would almost burst trying to keep from laughing. Into the Jaws of Death Boots, covered with rubber boots to the knees in wet weather, or bound with puttees in warm; breeches; a leather coat and as many jerseys as I could walk in—these were my clothes. Golden Lads I slipped into my boots, tied on my puttees, slung a bandolier with ten rounds of ball cartridge over my shoulder, and groped for my rifle on the rack beneath the shrapnel-shivered joists. The Red Horizon While shaking hands with the girl, he bowed in grave welcome to the tall figure in leather puttees and whipcord riding-breeches, and Wickersham, from the far side of the room, bowed back in equal gravity. Then I'll Come Back to You He was a young man, in puttees and knickers and Norfolk jacket, and he was smoking a cigarette. The Prairie Wife FitzMorris turned up at the next parade with one puttee missing, and a tunic that could not meet across his chest. The Loom of Youth "But," he said, "the string of my puttee had been driven in so far by the shot I couldn't find it to get the thing off, so I had to bandage over it." My War Experiences in Two Continents For sixpence you could buy a pair of puttees. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben He pictured himself in the bathroom eagerly peeling off his puttees as the water splashed into the pale blue bath. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" As the West Point trainer said one day: "I've got him all bandaged up like a leg in a puttee, but from the neck up he's a piece of ice." Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball Three months ago they were hairy men whose beards did grow beneath their shoulders, and their puttees were cemented with wet clay; to-day they are clean-shaven and their Burberrys might be worn in Piccadilly. Leaves from a Field Note-Book To support the distended vessels, a closely woven silk or worsted stocking, or a light and porous form of elastic bandage, applied as a puttee, should be worn. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Our duties are to see every soldier is properly dressed with belt and puttees before going out, and that there are no suspicious persons around, that all lights are extinguished by 9.30, etc. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. We crammed our handkerchiefs into the place, and a cotton-wool arm pad which was brought, and we then took off the man's own puttees and tied him up with them. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Some were able to tuck the bottoms into their boots, while others had to wind puttees above their knees. "Over There" with the Australians For apparel Mary V wore a checked riding coat and breeches, together with black puttees. Skyrider A bullet had just grazed his leg and the Government was compelled to provide him with a new puttee. Adventures of a Despatch Rider We were pretty thoroughly equipped by the end of the third week, when we were given puttees instead of leggings. Private Peat I tied up my boots—the laces were covered with liquid clay—and put on my puttees which were hard and stiff with caked mud. Combed Out Some felt that puttees were a nuisance—everybody realized that the breeches were too long, but differed on the point as to how much too long. "Over There" with the Australians Mary V hurried the last puttee buckle, picked up her bridle and a battered feed pan, and went quietly across the corral. Skyrider The small boys came out in puttees and the women put ribbons in their hair. Adventures of a Despatch Rider There was considerable grumbling about these same puttees, because, at first, they were undoubtedly very uncomfortable. Private Peat The body was fully clothed and the legs encased in boots and puttees. Combed Out Breeches and puttees were not only too hot but they closed in the leg and afforded cover to the lively little fellow who lives indiscriminately on the soldiers of both sides. "Over There" with the Australians Worn with the checked riding breeches and the heavy, black puttees, it was not particularly becoming, but Mary V did not expect to meet many pairs of critical eyes. Skyrider Their puttees are wet, and there is a suggestion of future rheumatism in every fold that encircles their calves; I can't see much more of them except their weather-beaten faces. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front We had puttees, but the greater number of us had no rubber boots. Private Peat "I thought—er—parade was at—was at half-past—and—and—I couldn't find my puttees...." Combed Out The officers saw that everything was correct, that no lace-ends showed from under the puttees, that no lace-eye lay idle, and that laces were not crossed over the boots. The Amateur Army It was half-past nine when she climbed out of her window with her riding shoes and puttees, her lunch and her camera and her field glasses, in a bundle under one arm. Skyrider God is a tall, placid, slender man, who wears puttees when He works in the garden and smokes only cigarettes. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned He grouses when he has to clean his buttons; he grouses loudly and fiercely when a puttee frays to rags, and he grouses when his tea is too hot. Private Peat Their boots and puttees were caked with mud. Combed Out Sick parade is not restricted by any dress order; the sore-footed may wear slippers; the sore-headed, Balaclava helmets; puttees can be discarded; mufflers and comforters may be used. The Amateur Army He wore puttees, riding breeches, and a neat corduroy coat. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Physical causes—wet, cold, indigestion, tight puttees—account for nine out of ten of these queer breakdowns. Nightfall Under khaki-coloured leather coats these two young women wore khaki riding breeches with puttees and flannel shirts. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front He wore a fez, a neat khaki coat and shorts, blue puttees and boots. African Camp Fires Smiling and eager to be better acquainted with me, they examined my puttees of spiral wool, my pongee shirt, and khaki riding-breeches, the heavy seams of which they felt and discussed. White Shadows in the South Seas Pretty they was, too—riding breeches and puttees and a man's flannel shirt and a neat-fitting Norfolk jacket, and Stella being a fine, upstanding figure. Somewhere in Red Gap Instead of puttees he wore high, laced leather boots that reached to his knees. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border I was returning from an O Pip, or Observation Post, and Steggles was carrying a pair of my boots with a rolled puttee stuffed into each. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 He was in khaki; from head to foot, from his peaked military cap to his puttees he was in faultless, well-fitting khaki; even his shirt and his neck-tie were khaki. The Belfry Behind him came a tall man in khaki tunic, breeches, puttees and cap, his breast covered with bright-coloured ribbons. The Jungle Girl A pith helmet, Norfolk jacket, moleskin riding-breeches, leather puttees, and stout, pigskin footwear—these were strange apparel. Through stained glass And Dorothea appeared one day wearing the khaki tunic, breeches and puttees of the Women's Service Corps. The Tree of Heaven When, after a thrilling ride, I caught him and had a little talk amongst the dimples, it appeared that he had dropped one of the puttees, and wished to return and look for it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 He felt no longer the slight tug of puttees about his ankles. Triple Spies These are long trousers cut off just above the knee, and the wearer may either use wrap puttees, or leather leggings, or golf stockings. War in the Garden of Eden Meanwhile, his partner, dressed as a red and white jockey, in a peaked cap and incongruous puttees, moved round the circle thrusting his slips of tips almost angrily on us. The Pleasures of Ignorance After a short consultation the lieutenant sighed, cast a glance at the mud and his clean leather puttees, then went overboard, taking a man with him. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Her mind turned to them: to Gwinnie, dressed in their uniform, khaki tunic and breeches and puttees, her fawn-coloured overcoat belted close round her to hide her knees. The Romantic His fur parka, topping those khaki trousers and puttees of his, would seem at least to tell a tale, and might complicate matters considerably. Triple Spies The trenches were a veritable Golgotha with skulls everywhere and dismembered legs still clad with puttees and boots. War in the Garden of Eden "And his leather puttees look like some the Germans wear," added Bob. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam Dressed in khaki trousers, with blue flannel shirt, sombrero and well-worn puttee leggings, he might have been mistaken for a soldier. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest He stood close, close in front of her, tall and strong and handsome in his tunic, knee breeches and puttees. The Romantic He measured him mentally from pigskin puttees to rakish, stiff brimmed Stetson with careful dimples in the crown and a leather hatband stamped with horses' heads and his initials. The Phantom Herd The lanky Englishman had removed his puttees and exposed to the view of the astonished Frenchmen two silk-clad feet, and red silk at that. The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne The uniform, of khaki-colored woolen, consisted of a simple, short-waisted jacket, big baggy trousers, puttees, and a red fez or a steel helmet with the lunar crescent and "R.F." for its device. A Volunteer Poilu A strange figure she made, with loose hair cascading over her coat, with knickers and puttees, with wounded arm slung in the breast of her jacket. The Flying Legion "Miss Leitch played delightful golf up to the hole, but when once she had arrived there the result was almost ludicrous, as she could not hit the ball truly with her puttee." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 You are at home there with Tommy Atkins, regular of an old line English regiment, in his heavy khaki overcoat and solid boots and wool puttees, a sturdy, hardened man of a terrific war. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Was it not enough for them that they had been put into English khaki—supplied from the store-cupboard—and that every morning they had to practise the art of putting on a puttee? The Soul of the War "These puttees are English; a soldier gave them to me." A Volunteer Poilu He wore the cap and blouse of a chauffeur and his legs were encased in the black puttees of his craft. Madcap Austin finished buckling his puttee before rising to his full height. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Boots off is the only undressing; boots off and puttees unloosed, which saves the feet. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He blew into the Consulate there wearing an American army shirt, a pair of British officer's riding-breeches, French puttees and a Highlander's forage-cap, and carrying a camera the size of a parlour-phonograph. Fighting in Flanders There were glimpses of candle flames, bare bodies shivering in the damp cold, and men sitting on beds, winding on their puttees. A Volunteer Poilu I always put my puttees on first and then a pair of thick socks, and finally a pair of boots. Bullets & Billets At the end of each train, in passenger-coaches, their officers—tall, slim-legged young Olympians in leather puttees and short tan greatcoats, with their air of elegant amateurs embarking on some rather superior sort of sport. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them When he had to do a "crawl" he unwound his puttees and wound them over his knees. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Slowly he came quite close to me, sniffed at my shoes, my puttees, my hands, and then limped off a few feet and lay down again. Pellucidar I did as I was bid, and presently emerged in the uniform of a British private, complete down to the shapeless boots and the dropsical puttees. Mr. Standfast My puttees, which I rarely removed, were more like long rolls of the consistency of nougat than anything else, thanks to the mud. Bullets & Billets Mud from the banks of the stagnant pool caked his legs to the knees, almost hiding his once tan puttees. The Mad King After dinner J———rolled his puttees up around his bare knees again, for the colonel had not withdrawn permission for the machine-gun expedition. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form My garb must have puzzled them, too, for never before of course had they seen a man clothed in khaki and puttees. Pellucidar The driver was a great tanned giant, pongee colored from his hair to his puttees and boots. Fanny Herself Your cursed puttee's trailing as you run; You feel you'd sell your soul to have a drink. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man In a drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe he found many old shoes, puttees, and boots. The Mad King In the house opposite, in the Rue de Clèves, a man was using his old blue puttees to nail up his fruit-trees. The Happy Foreigner He examined my puttees and my strong tan shoes—a little the worse for wear now. Pellucidar I couldn't myself, if it had been Harry Snell or Bill Bailey; but as it was, my pride of khaki helmet, knickers, and puttees collapsed like a burst balloon. It Happened in Egypt Your puttee catches on a strand of wire, And down you go; perhaps it saves your life, For over sandbag rims you see 'em fire, Crop-headed chaps, their eyes ablaze with strife. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Kingozi saw a tall figure without a coat, dressed in brown shirt, riding breeches, and puttees. The Leopard Woman Then he went on unwinding his puttees, and did not answer or look up. England, My England When Perry was rested we returned to the prospector, where he fitted himself out fully like a civilized human being—under-clothing, socks, shoes, khaki jacket and breeches and good, substantial puttees. Pellucidar Whereat the frightened youth in black puttees sidled over and explained with a pathetic, at once ingratiating and patronising, accent. The Enormous Room My legs were encased in woolen puttees, olive drab in color, with my trousers overlapping them at the top. Over the Top He wore a battered old felt hat, a tattered flannel shirt, a ragged pair of shorts, and the blue puttees issued by the British to their native troops. The Leopard Woman The dull shock of surprise halted her as Siward rose to his feet, still dazed, the sand running from his brown shooting-clothes over his tightly strapped puttees. The Fighting Chance For nearly half a year he had buttoned his breeches at the knee and housed his calves in puttees and his feet in army brogans. We Can't Have Everything My puttees and shoes are prehistoric in appearance…. The Enormous Room Its real efficiency lies in the fact that when carrying it, your puttees absorb all the black grease on its sides. Over the Top To draw the sledge along, join a lap thong or sealskin or rope or puttee to the outer Ski tips, and also to the ends of the stick across them. Ski-running Their puttees were snugly reefed about their shanks and their khaki tunics buttoned up to their throats. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front I had woolen puttees and Page 36“Arctic” overshoes. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru He looked contemptuously around him, upon the thirty clamouring faces each of which wanted to eat him—puttees, revolver and all. The Enormous Room Its more unconventional lines suited him well; the dust-brown Norfolk, the leathern puttees, gave an adventurous turn to the expression of a personality which was only so on the mental side. The Power and the Glory Swanks, or Norwegian puttees, may be used to tie the socks above or over the boot so as to prevent the snow from getting inside. Ski-running The coat—worn without a vest over a fine negligee shirt of silk—was Norfolk; the trousers were riding trousers and above the tan shoes were pig-skin puttees. The Winning of Barbara Worth The soles of boots and legs wrapped in puttees and the bottom strap of the pack of the man ahead of him were all he could see. Three Soldiers You would not have thought they were thinking at all as they sat on the broad brick steps, holding their chins in their right hands, left hands twisting their puttee lacers. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine Presently the keeper's collie came up and sniffed his puttees, all the while looking askance. The Hollow of Her Hand Breeches and stockings may be worn, but long puttees should be avoided as they constrict the muscles and stop the circulation, thus tending to frost-bite, which is a serious danger at high altitudes. Ski-running Texas was staring with child-like simplicity at the immaculate figure of the stranger in puttees. The Winning of Barbara Worth Fuselli wore stained olive-drab breeches and badly rolled puttees; his shirt was open at the neck. Three Soldiers At breakfast, four eager girls, with wide sombreros on their heads, heavy mountain- shoes and leather puttees covering feet and limbs, talked of the great adventures they were about to meet with. Polly of Pebbly Pit Even that corps of stalwart guards had to submit to a tonal harmony of drabs, with touches of yellow metal, warm red puttees, and neat little yellow Spanish canes. The Art of the Exposition From beneath the overturned tonneau projected the lower part of a man's leg, clad in a brown puttee and a russet shoe. The Guest of Quesnay He took off both her shoes, unwound the spiral puttees and gave her bruised little feet a chance to breathe. In Secret Two buttons were off the front of Chrisfield's uniform; there were streaks of dirt on his face, and his puttees were clothed with mud. Three Soldiers He was dressed in riding breeches and puttee leggings, and wore a worn-out horsey air as if in protest against the obligation to work in a black man's land. The Ivory Trail The leanness of his legs was accentuated by his stiff, starched riding-breeches and close-fitting pigskin puttees, while his face, apart from all else, would have challenged prompt attention. Heart of the Sunset She wore a butter-colored sport shirt wide open at the neck and brown cord riding breeches and puttees. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Lots of 'em in Macon City only wore puttees. Missy He wore greenish kid gloves, very tight for his large hands, and his puttees shone with a dark lustre like mahogany. Three Soldiers A beautiful girl in sports garb, a beautiful young man in khaki and puttees, a fine old British father with gray side whiskers shaded by a sun-hat with a flowing veil twined about it. Merton of the Movies Millions of girls were in some kind of fancy dress with buttons and shoulder—straps, breeches and puttees, and they seemed to be making a game of the war and enjoying it thoroughly. Now It Can Be Told Their clothes were torn with brambles, and prickles from thorn-bushes still clung round their puttees. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. Further down, a man was feeling his puttees. Saint's Progress "Those are some puttees he had on, I'll tell you," said the legless man who was propped in a chair near the stove. Three Soldiers An absorbed young man in cap and khaki and puttees came from a distant group surrounding a camera and readjusted the line of these people. Merton of the Movies Many men standing in slime for days and nights in field boots or puttees lost all sense of feeling in their feet. Now It Can Be Told I rolled up one of his puttees, put it under his knee, braced his knee up and tied it in position with the other puttee. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. Farag, in loose, flowing garments, quite unlike a kennel huntsman's khaki and puttees, leaned against the wall of his uncle's house. Actions and Reactions The sight of this perfect young man in his whipcord breeches, with his manicured nails and immaculately polished puttees exasperated him. Three Soldiers Before she got past his puttees, her powers of observation were befogged by excitement, and her wits began to jump about like monkeys in a cage. One of Ours The medical officers cut off their boots and their puttees, and the socks that had become part of their skins, exposing blackened and rotting feet. Now It Can Be Told I just paid a quarter to have these puttees shined. Dangerous Days Jean sat down on the edge of his bed and put on his shoes and puttees. The Amazing Interlude His breeches and puttees were invisible for mud. Three Soldiers Therefore a redheaded young man with long straight legs in puttees, and broad, energetic, responsible-looking shoulders in close-fitting khaki, made a conspicuous figure among the passengers. One of Ours Squelch! went a young gentleman whose puttees and breeches had lost their glory and were but swabs about his elegant legs. Now It Can Be Told At stated points were the Nubians, fine, tall, black, soldierly men, with red fez, khaki shirt, and short breeches, bare knees and feet, spiral puttees, and a broad red sash of webbing. The Land of Footprints At last he broke away, the torn puttee dragging behind him. Three Soldiers Some time in the night he must have taken off his tunic and boots and puttees, which were on the floor beside the couch. Three Soldiers Taking off the torn puttee, he wrapped it round the outside of his trousers and kept on walking, feeling a little blood trickle down his leg. Three Soldiers In other rooms no less elegantly rose-tinted or darkly paneled other officers had made a litter of their bags, haversacks, rubber baths, trench—boots, and puttees. Now It Can Be Told With them are worn puttees or leather leggings, and low boots. The Land of Footprints Sam Brown belt and puttees, too, were highly polished. Three Soldiers He was dressed as a second lieutenant, his puttees were brilliantly polished, and he smoked through a long, amber cigarette-holder. Three Soldiers Sitting up with difficulty he undid his shoes and puttees, wrapped himself in his blanket. Three Soldiers Chrisfield caught his puttee on a clump of briars at the edge of the clearing and stood kicking his leg back and forth to get it free. Three Soldiers Leather leggings are noisy, and the rolled puttees hot and binding. The Land of Footprints He grabbed carelessly at little cluster of hawthorn flowers as he passed them, and seemed reluctant to untangle the thorny branches that caught in his coat and on his loosely wound puttees. Three Soldiers He walked ahead as fast as he could, his puttee still dragging behind him. Three Soldiers The lieutenant in his trench coat and in a new pair of roll puttees stood facing the company, looking solemn. Three Soldiers His shoes were well-shined, and he wore a new pair of puttees, wound so tightly that his legs ached. Three Soldiers Khaki shirt, khaki "shorts," blue puttees, besides his knife and my own accoutrements: that was all. The Land of Footprints
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