1 gen 1630 anni - damsel

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An implement used in the textile trade but of uncertain meaning. It was associated with and possibly part of the bartrees as a hand-loom accessory. 1576 <i>one Lome Damyselles Bartrees Horne Wheile and all other thynges therunto belongyng</i>, Leeds (Th4/164); 1630 <i>a pair of bartrees and damsel</i>, Leeds (DB129/2). Under the headword ‘maiden’, the OED quotes a.1688 ‘The Maidens or Damsels, the two stands in which the Spindle turns’.

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