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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Damsel

/(dăm"zĕl)/ · Dam·sel · IPA /ˈdæm.zəl/
01 n. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
  1. 1.
    A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.[Obs.]
  2. 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.” — Dryden.
    “Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Camelot.” — Tennyson.
  3. 3.
    An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.(Milling)