“A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee.”

“Then in a series of frenzied curses Wiley stripped off his puttee and felt of his injured 39leg.”

“In ancient Greece a type of puttee was worn by working-class men, who wrapped irregular linen straps around their legs.”

“A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left foot merely held on by his puttee.”

“Then in a series of frenzied curses Wiley stripped off his puttee and felt of his injured 39leg.”

“In ancient Greece a type of puttee was worn by working-class men, who wrapped irregular linen straps around their legs.”

“Anand's protagonist, Bakha, wants to wear trousers, breeches, coat, puttees and boots.”

“The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.”

“The Burmese army, its upper lip as stiff as its puttees, has got through 70 years of independence without advertising its losses.”