Re: who ever happens to be on line at the moment...now p-coat...

Kitty you are a font of knowledge. I had a pea coat years ago- wore it until it disintegrated. I loved that coat- mine was wool too!

Theresa

kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

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

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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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