·noun Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
II. Distaff ·noun The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
(Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
South out of Cannon Street, between Nos. 7 and 8 to Old Fish Street (P.O. Directory). In Bread Stree...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
West out of Friday Street to Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1848...
See Distaff Lane. ...