cap-a-pie

or cap-à-pie

[ kap-uh-pee ]

adverb

1. from head to foot.

cap-a-pie

/ ˌkæpəˈpiː /

adverb

1. (dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot

Word History and Origins

Origin of cap-a-pie¹

1515–25; < Middle French de cap a pe from head to foot < Old Provençal < Latin dē capite ad pedem

Word History and Origins

Origin of cap-a-pie¹

C16: from Old French

Example Sentences

The commercial career demands, so he fancied, that its knight go forth armed cap-a-pie in the commercial tongues.

From Project Gutenberg

Carlile may be said to have travelled his native isle like the champion of old—always mounted on his charger of fearlessness, and armed cap-a-pie for the encounter of his enemies.

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And he must be ready, armed cap-a-pie to meet him on every ground.

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He was armed cap-a-pie, and ever as he spoke he strode rapidly up and down the floor of the room.

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It represented a warrior with close-clipped hair, a long red beard, and armed cap-a-pie.

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