pea jacket

noun

a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.

a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children.

Also called peacoat, pea coat.

Origin of pea jacket

1715–25, Americanism;pea, variant spelling of pay, pee, pie coat of coarse woolen cloth (late Middle English pee, pey, pie; akin to Dutch pij,dialectal Frisian pey,dialectal Swedish paje) + jacket; perhaps modeled on Frisian (N dial.) pijekkat

Words nearby pea jacket

pea crab, peafowl, peag, pea green, peahen, pea jacket, peak, Peak District, Peake, peaked, peaker plant

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Example sentences from the Web for pea jacket

"No, sir," answered Archie, quickly buttoning up his pea-jacket with a resolute air.
Frank on the Lower Mississippi|Harry Castlemon
He was dressed in a pea-jacket and dungaree pants, but had no boots.
Rdan The Devil And Other Stories|Louis Becke
There was quite a suburban touch in a woman in evening dress being escorted by a man in a pea-jacket.
The Red Symbol|John Ironside
I undid his pea-jacket and waistcoat, and pulled up his shirt, and probed the wound.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 422, December 1850|Various

"I want to say my say," said a short man in a pea-jacket,—a retired San Francisco pilot, named Eldridge.
Eli|Heman White Chaplin

British Dictionary definitions for pea jacket

pea jacket

peacoat

/ (ˈpiːˌkəʊt) /

noun

a sailor's short heavy double-breasted overcoat of navy wool

Word Origin for pea jacket

C18: from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket

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单词	pea jacket
释义	pea jacket noun a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc. a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children. Also called peacoat, pea coat. Origin of pea jacket 1715–25, Americanism;pea, variant spelling of pay, pee, pie coat of coarse woolen cloth (late Middle English pee, pey, pie; akin to Dutch pij,dialectal Frisian pey,dialectal Swedish paje) + jacket; perhaps modeled on Frisian (N dial.) pijekkat Words nearby pea jacket pea crab, peafowl, peag, pea green, peahen, pea jacket, peak, Peak District, Peake, peaked, peaker plant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pea jacket "No, sir," answered Archie, quickly buttoning up his pea-jacket with a resolute air. Frank on the Lower Mississippi\|Harry Castlemon He was dressed in a pea-jacket and dungaree pants, but had no boots. Rdan The Devil And Other Stories\|Louis Becke There was quite a suburban touch in a woman in evening dress being escorted by a man in a pea-jacket. The Red Symbol\|John Ironside I undid his pea-jacket and waistcoat, and pulled up his shirt, and probed the wound. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 422, December 1850\|Various "I want to say my say," said a short man in a pea-jacket,—a retired San Francisco pilot, named Eldridge. Eli\|Heman White Chaplin British Dictionary definitions for pea jacket pea jacket peacoat / (ˈpiːˌkəʊt) / noun a sailor's short heavy double-breasted overcoat of navy wool Word Origin for pea jacket C18: from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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