peacoat n 1: a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket [syn: {pea jacket}, {peacoat}]
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]