peascod

noun

1. The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.

   archaic

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.

Where it comes from

From Middle English pesecod; equivalent to pease + cod.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry peascod (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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