Sentence:  Although I knew comparatively little of matronship, as such, I did know a great deal of mothering, and for "<WSD>wingies</WSD> and stumpies" as they called themselves, the blind and the maimed who had given so much, all the service and devotion of which I was capable was only too little. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who has an amputated arm or arms.