Sentence:  Of these, five women, wearing gowns of various bright hues, sat in chairs along the wall; girls shy and not shy filled the window-bench; four men, including Charley Jake the hedge-carpenter, Elijah New the parish-clerk, and John Pitcher, a neighboring dairyman, the shepherd's father-in-law, lolled in the <WSD>settle</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.