(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:20:52

Cap`*a*pie" (?), adv. [OF. () cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. per foot + caput head.]

From head to foot; at all points.

"He was armed cap-a-pie."

Prescott.

 

© Webster 1913.

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