Damsel
Damsel (dam"zel) , noun
[Old English damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, from Old French damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, French demoiselle young lady; compare Old French damoisel young nobleman, French damoiseau; from Late Latin domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. from Latin domina, dominus. See Dame, and compare Demoiselle, Doncella.]
1.
A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obsolete]
2.
A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
With her train of damsels she was gone,
In shady walks the scorching heat to shun.
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,...
Goes by to towered Camelot.
3.
(Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.