pescod
pescod is the obsolete form of peascod.
Meaning of peascod
Noun
peascod (plural peascods)
- The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
- A padded doublet fashionable in 16th century Europe.
- [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.2015, Matthew Champion, Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 19
Forms of pescod
| plural | pescods |
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Questions about pescod
- What is pescod the obsolete form of?
- Pescod is the obsolete form of peascod.
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