What does "pea jacket" mean?

A short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.

What is a synonym for "pea jacket"?

Common synonyms include: blazer, coat, jacket, peacoat.

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Noun

1
A short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.
"Since furs are unknown here, I decided to put on a pea-jacket [translating Schifferkutte] which we had brought with us as a joke."
2
a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket wordnet

"Since furs are unknown here, I decided to put on a pea-jacket [translating Schifferkutte] which we had brought with us as a joke."

Probably from Dutch pijjakker, from pij (“coat of coarse cloth, cowl”) + jekker (“jacket”). Compare also later pea coat.