cap-a-pie
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of cap-a-pie
1515–25; < Middle French de cap a pe from head to foot < Old Provençal < Latin dē capite ad pedem
Example Sentences
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The girl learned to ride horseback remarkably well, and at a fete appeared as Joan of Arc, armed cap-a-pie, riding a snow-white stallion.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
He was armed cap-a-pie, and ever as he spoke he strode rapidly up and down the floor of the room.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
Spick and span, cap-a-pie, pictures of splendid young manhood, the two captains rode one afternoon up to the great gate before the mansion house of the nation.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Hough, Emerson
It is an excellent house, and just new furnished and put in cap-a-pie order from top to bottom.
From The End of a Coil by Warner, Susan
It represented a warrior with close-clipped hair, a long red beard, and armed cap-a-pie.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
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