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plural damsels
A young woman (of noble birth). examples
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). examples
A young woman who is not married. examples
An unmarried lady-in-waiting. examples
A chattering damsel (component of a mill). quotations examples
The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, volume 4, page 263