Pea-jacket

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pea-jacket \Pea"-jack`et\, Pea jacket \Pea" jack`et\ Pea jacket
  \Pea" jack`et\, n. [Prob. fr. D. pij, pije, a coat of a coarse
     woolen stuff.]
     A thick loose double-breasted woolen jacket, or coat,
     commonly worn by sailors in cold weather.
  


     Syn: pea coat, peacoat, pea jacket.
          [1913 Webster+ WordNet 1.5]