Noah Webster
Cravent
CRAVEN, CRAVENT CRAVANT, noun
1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted spiritless fellow.
2. A vanquished, dispirited cock.
CRAVEN, verb transitive To make recreant, weak or cowardly.