Peascod

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea. archaic
  2. 2
    A padded doublet fashionable in 16th century Europe. historical

    "[A] Tudor figure, whose clothing contains enough accurate details – from the peascod style doublet with its row of tiny buttons to the voluptuous panes of the trunk hose – to clearly date it to the 1570s or 1580s."

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"[A] Tudor figure, whose clothing contains enough accurate details – from the peascod style doublet with its row of tiny buttons to the voluptuous panes of the trunk hose – to clearly date it to the 1570s or 1580s."

Etymology

From Middle English pesecod; equivalent to pease + cod.

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