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I not arguing that chap does not mean chop per se, simply that chap does not mean chop in chapfallen. Chap/chop/jaw prefixing fallen does not sensibly mean crestfallen. Therefore I hypothesied that this version of chap could have come from shap, which does mean crest i.e. c(s)hapfallen.
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