DAMSELS
Noun
damsels
plural of damsel
Source: Wiktionary
DAMSEL
Dam"sel, n. Etym: [OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF.
damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF.
damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella,
dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L.
domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella.]
1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle
extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.]
2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden.
With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching
heat to shum. Dryden.
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot.
Tennyson.
3. (Milling)
Definition: An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition