cap-a-pie

American  

[kap-uh-pee] / ˌkæp əˈpi /

Or cap-à-pie

adverb

1. from head to foot.

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cap-a-pie British  

/ ˌkæpəˈpiː /

adverb

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

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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

Mr. Barr-Smith104 on the other hand, was garbed cap-a-pie for an outing, presenting an appearance with which the racket, the bat, or even the alpenstock might have been conjoined in perfect harmony.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert

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.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile

She was gowned once more in the yellow and black, and stood in tigrine splendor cap-a-pie.

From Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Lowell, Orson

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)

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