pea coat

noun

A coat of heavy, navy-coloured wool, originally worn by sailors of European navies.

Similar
pea jacket
OriginDutch pij →
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Meanings

nounpea coat (plural pea coats)

plural pea coats

  1. nauticalA coat of heavy, navy-coloured wool, originally worn by sailors of European navies.

    Synonyms: pea jacket

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA coat of heavy, navy-coloured wool, originally worn by sailors of European navies.

Similar
pea jacket
Also see
reefer jacket

Origin

  1. Dutchpij
  2. Englishpea coat

Borrowed from Dutch pij + coat.

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Translations

Catalan tabard
  • tabardtype of coat
Finnish merimiestakki, kipparitakki
  • merimiestakkitype of coat
  • kipparitakkitype of coat
French caban
  • cabantype of coat
German Caban
  • Cabantype of coat
Irish seaicéad sáile, cóta mairnéalaigh
  • seaicéad sáiletype of coat
  • cóta mairnéalaightype of coat
Japanese ピーコート
  • ピーコート (pīkōto)type of coat
Korean 피코트
  • 피코트 (pikoteu)type of coat
Lithuanian bušlatas
  • bušlatastype of coat
Russian бушла́т, тужу́рка
  • бушла́т (bušlát)type of coat
  • тужу́рка (tužúrka)type of coat
Turkish kaban
  • kabantype of coat
Ukrainian бушла́т
  • бушла́т (bušlát)type of coat
Yiddish בושלאַט
  • בושלאַט (bushlat)type of coat
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