Re: who ever happens to be on line at the moment......

Pea Coat
The heavy topcoat worn in cold, miserable weather by seafaring men was
once tailored from pilot cloth  a heavy, course, stout kind of twilled
blue cloth with the nap on one side. The cloth was sometimes called
P-cloth for the initial letter of "pilot" and the garment made from it
was called a p-jacket  later, a pea coat. The term has been used since
1723 to denote coats made from that cloth.


Mine was made of wool, though.
Kitty

-------------- Original message -------------- 

> Pea coat? You gotta pea coat? 'Smokes, I had one in high school 
> [army-navy store] when they were part of the required teen uniform, and 
> then a new one when I went off to protect lighthouses and such from 
> North Korean terrorists. Great double-breasted winter coat. Got any 
> idea why it's "pea" coat? 
> 
> On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 12:34 PM, "" 
> wrote: 
> 
> > You got that right. Gotta remember to put my pea coat in the car 
> > tonight 
> > for my trip to OK tomorrow afternoon. Trying to smuggle stuff out to 
> > the 
> > car w/out Sugar seeing me is tough. 
> > 
> > 
> > Pam Evans 
> > Kemp, TX 
> > zone 8A 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: EvaTEsq@aol.com 
> > Sent: 10/27/2004 10:17:31 PM 
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] who ever happens to be on line at the moment...... 
> > 
> > In a message dated 10/27/2004 11:11:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > justme@prairieinet.net writes: 
> > Hum.. nice here tonight.. no jacket required...although Pam would 
> > probably need her longjohns. 
> > 
> > Donna 
> > Heh, heh. It's 53 degrees here. Pam would be positively FROZEN! ; ) 
> > 
> > Eva 
> > Long Island, NY 
> > Zone 6/7 
> > 
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> Island Jim 
> Southwest Florida 
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W 
> Zone 10a 
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C] 
> 
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