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
- (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
- peascods
- peasecod
- peacod
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peacod, peasecod, pescod, peapod, pelecypod, pearch.
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