| pea jacket n. A short, warm, double-breasted coat of heavy wool, worn especially by sailors. Also called pea coat. [Probably partial translation of Dutch pijjekker : pij, a kind of coarse cloth (from Middle Dutch p  e) + jekker, jacket.] |
pea jacket, peacoat [ˈpiːˌkəʊt]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailor's short heavy double-breasted overcoat of navy wool
[from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket]
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