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What is "cap-a-pie"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cap-a-pie

1520s, from Middle French cap-à-pie, literally "head to foot." The more usual French form is de pied en cap. The French words are from Latin caput "head" (see head (n.)) + pedem "foot" (see foot (n.)).

Wiktionary
cap-a-pie

a. From head to toe.

WordNet
cap-a-pie

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

Usage examples of "cap-a-pie".

He was armed cap-a-pie, helmet in the crook of an arm, and none could tell from his face how little sleep had been granted him.

Sir Roger himself, now armed cap-a-pie, rode up and knocked him asprawl with his lance.

The Royal Attriod in their plumed splendor would surround him, armored cap-a-pie, light splintering off richly ornamented chausses, vambraces, coudieres, genouilliers, tassets, gauntlets.

The Royal Attriod in their plumed splendor surrounded him, armored cap-a-pie, light splintering off richly ornamented chausses, vambraces, coudieres, genouilliers, tassets, gauntlets.