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Putted vs Puttee - What's the difference?

putted | puttee |

As a verb putted

is past tense of putt.

As a noun puttee is

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

putted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (putt)

    • putt

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green.
    • Related terms
    * pitch and putt * putter * putting green

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
  • (British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a putt sound.
  • (motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
  • To move along slowly.

    • puttee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
  • *1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 113:
  • *:he bought himself a pair of Fox's puttees for going out and polished his belt until it shone like mahogany, and I bet he was never pulled up for having dirty buttons.

    • References

    * McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary , Oxford university press. 1993 * Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884. * Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.