peapod

English

Noun

peapod (plural peapods)

  1. Alternative form of pea pod
  2. (nautical) A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.
    • 1954, Elisabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day, Down East Books, published 2014, page 52:
      A thick-shouldered boy in yellow oil pants and a duck-billed cap rowed by in a peapod, so close to the rockweed he would have seen her if he'd looked up.
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