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
Vocabulary lists containing cap-a-pie
Body Language: Capit, Capt ("Head")
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Example Sentences
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A poet at all points, armed cap-a-pie against criticism, like Lord Tennyson, he certainly was not.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
On swift destriers they mount, armed cap-a-pie As Knights arrayed for battle.
From La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier by Rabillon, Léonce
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
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
Shrove-Tide, armed cap-a-pie, advanced mounted astride of a salmon.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène
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