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Putties, it may be said, are slips of woolen cloth, about two and a half yards long and three inches wide, with a tape sewn into one end.

From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Putties, put′tiz, n.pl. strips of cloth wound round the legs, from ankle to knee, as leggings.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various