pea jacket

noun

1. a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.
2. a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children.

pea jacket

/ ˈpiːˌkəʊt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pea jacket¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pea jacket¹

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

Example Sentences

Their patched pea-jacket and breeches have been their elders' before them.

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

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I was warmly clad when we struck, having my thick oil-skin over my pea-jacket, but I felt a bit cold.

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He hesitated a moment, tossed the pea jacket back on the settee and sat down once more.

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He buttoned his pea-jacket, and set his hat firmly on his head.

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