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cap-à-pie, adv.|kæpəˈpiː|
Also 6–9 cap(e-a-pe(e, (7 capp-a-pæ, cap a pea, capape(e, 7–9 cap a pied, etc.).
[OF. cap a pie head to foot, mod.F. de pied en cap.]
From head to foot: in reference to arming or accoutring.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccxvii. 730 Harnessed men cape a pe, lyke men of armes. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lii. 28 The rest all in bright harnesse capa pe. 1640Fuller Abel Rediv., Berengarius (1867) I. 3 Confessors of the truth accoutred capp-a-pæ with undaunted courages. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. Pref., Thus Capa peia is that Gallant great. 1682Bunyan Holy War 55 To arm you with cap-a-pe for your body. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) II. lxiii. 204 There was no possibility of furnishing them cap-a-pee at Antwerp. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850) 240 Mounted and armed cap-à-pie. |