Dictionary entry

Crestfallen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Crest″fall′en (–f?l′'n), a. 1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

Let it make thee crestfullen;

Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride.

Shak.

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