ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Peascod

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Peascod is a noun meaning (archaic) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.

Meaning

(archaic) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.

More Meanings

  1. (historical) A padded doublet fashionable in 16th century Europe.

Example Sentences

[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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peacod, peasecod, pescod, peapod, pelecypod, pearch.

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