Peacoat

2 definitions found

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

  peacoat \pea"coat`\, pea coat \pea" coat`\(p[=e]"k[=o]t`), 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; a pea-jacket.
  
     Syn: pea coat, peacoat, pea jacket, peajacket, pea-jacket.


          [1913 Webster+ WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peacoat
       n : a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket [syn: {pea
           jacket}]