adv. 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.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccccxvii. 220. Harnessed men cape a pe, lyke men of armes.
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., lii. 28. The rest all in bright harnesse capa pe.
1640. Fuller, Abel Rediv., Berengarius (1867), I. 3. Confessors of the truth accoutred capp-a-pæ with undaunted courages.
1650. Bulwer, Anthropomet., Pref. Thus Capa peia is that Gallant great.
1682. Bunyan, Holy War, 55. To arm you with cap-a-pe for your body.
1751. Smollett, Per. Pic. (1779), II. lxiii. 204. There was no possibility of furnishing them cap-a-pee at Antwerp.
1848. Mrs. Jameson, Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850), 240. Mounted and armed cap-à-pie.
