Obs. rare. [f. THRALL sb.1 + -ESS.] A female thrall; a bondwoman.
1382. Wyclif, Deut. xxviii. 68. There thow shalt be sold to thin enemyes, into thrallis and thrallessis. Ibid., Isa. xiv. 2. And shal welden hem the hous of Irael … in to thralles and thrallesses [1388 in to seruauntis and hand maidis].
