peascod

English

Alternative forms

• peasecod, peacod

Etymology

From Middle English pesecod; equivalent to pease +‎ cod.

Noun

peascod (plural peascods)

1. (archaic) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
2. (historical) A padded doublet fashionable in 16th century Europe.
   • 2015, Matthew Champion, Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 19:

     [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.

Derived terms

• peascod breastplate

References

• “peascod”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Peascod doublet on Britannica [[1]]

Anagrams

• peacods, podcase