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1:what is cap-à-pie
Two nights together had these gentlemen,
Marcellus and Barnardo, on their watch,
In the dead waste and middle of the night,
Been thus encountered: a figure like your father,
200 Armed at point exactly, cap-à-pie,
Appears before them and with solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them. Thrice he w

2007-09-30 14:50:26 · 2 answers · asked by liangjizong22 1 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

2 answers

From head to foot; at all points.

2007-09-30 14:54:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

"Cap" is obvious; "pie" comes from the Old French for "foot" which in modern French is "pied."

2007-09-30 21:59:48 · answer #2 · answered by Howard H 7 · 0 0

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