pea jacket
(亦作pea coat)
noun
- a short doublebreasted overcoat of coarse woollen cloth, formerly worn by sailors水手短外套; 双排纽粗呢上装。
词源
early 18th cent.: probably from Dutch pijjakker, from pij 'coat of coarse cloth'+jekker 'jacket'. The change in the ending was due to association with JACKET.