CRESTFALLEN

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak.

2.
a.

Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.


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