A term used for a woman who passes for a maid, but is not one.
·- of <<Cleave>>. II. Cloven ·p.p. & ·adj from Cleave, ·vt. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj ·Alt. of Cloven-hoofed. ...
·adj Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox. ...
To spy the cloven foot in any business; to discover some roguery or something bad in it: a saying th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose