Word of the Day - Puttee

I went to bed the other night having learnt a new word which I hadn't know at the start of the day!
Showing my ignorance, I'd never heard of the word puttee before. Now I know it is a covering for the lower leg, consisting of a long narrow piece of cloth wound spirally, and fastened by a tape. For infantrymen the winding commences at the ankle, but mounted men reverse the process as the rubbing against the khorse causes the tape to come undone. Worn by most armies except the Germans in 1918, they have gradually disappeared form use. The name is adapted from the Hindu patti, meaning 'strip of cloth.' [with thanks to Encylopaedia Britannica]