Why Is It Called A Pea Coat?
Why Is It Called A Pea Coat? According to a 1975 edition of The Mariner’s Mirror, the term “pea coat” originated from the Dutch or West Frisian word pijjekker or pijjakker, in which pij referred to the type of cloth used, a coarse kind of twilled blue cloth with a nap on one side. Jakker