Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pucelle \Pu*celle"\, n. [F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L. pullus a
   young animal. See {Pullet}.]
   A maid; a virgin. [Written also {pucel}.] [Obs.]

         Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. --B. Jonson.

   {La Pucelle}, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.