▪ I. † ˈcrest-fall, n. Obs. rare.
[A back-formation from crest-fallen.]
The distemper of a horse that is crest-fallen.
| 1609 Rowlands Knave of Clubbes (1843) 44 For any Iade he phisicke had..The Iampasse, crest-fall, withers greife. |
▪ II. † crest-fall, v. Obs. rare.
[f. as prec.]
trans. To make crest-fallen.
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Rosse, It would anger a Saint, or crest⁓fall the best man liuing, to be so vsed. |