Sentence:  In the servants' hall two coachmen and three gentlemen's gentlemen stood or sat round the fire; the <WSD>abigails</WSD>, I suppose, were upstairs with their mistresses; the new servants, that had been hired from Millcote, were bustling about everywhere. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A lady's maid. (mid 17th-19th c.)<ref>(page=4)</ref>