An ancient gardener, a black man, was down on his knees doing smth with a trowel. He wore old-fashionate puttees, an article of dress I`ve never seen before, except in pictures of the World War I military. The earth tone of his shoes, his ancient puttees, his old khaki pants, his gray shirt, the faded gray-green Bemberg on the back panel of his vest seemed to blend into the earth into which he was so diligently trowelling.

Как вы думаете, что было на садовнике, портянки или краги? Разные же все-таки вещи...

1 : a cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee
2 : a usually leather legging secured by a strap or catch or by laces
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крага сущ. фразы. общ. gaiter; puttee; puttie