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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Down ran Ben Gillam and a second officer, armed cap-a-pie, with swaggering insolence that they took no pains to conceal.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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
When all was still the earl, the great earl, came forth, armed cap-a-pie, mounted on his charger.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
It was a singular enough friendship which existed between these two, for they always met, armed cap-a-pie, for battle.
From The Northern Light by Werner, E.
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
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