| He looked well in Windbreaker coat, cap, leather puttees, and his knickers were genuine Scotch plaid. |
| He writes of penury, mud, flea-bitten puttees, a tired greatcoat, wet boots, a damp bedroll plus fireside sing-songs with murderous gypsies. |
| The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees. |
| The lieutenant in his trench coat and in a new pair of roll puttees stood facing the company, looking solemn. |
| Upon his puttees it had dried so thickly that you could scarcely see the folds. |
| From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated. |
