Cap-a-pie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capapie \Cap`*a*pie"\, adv. [OF. (?) cap-a-pie, from head to
     foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. pes foot +
     caput head.]
     From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie."
     --Prescott.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cap-a-pie
       adv : at all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie"
             [syn: {from head to toe}]