巻まきゲートル

noun

puttee

A strip of cloth wound around the lower leg, historically part of military uniforms. The term is a compound of 巻き (winding) and ゲートル (from French guêtre).

See also: 巻き脚絆

• 昔むかしの兵へい隊たいは、巻まきゲートルを足あしに巻まいていた。

  Soldiers in the past wore puttees wrapped around their legs.