Sentence:  [The] Queen or eorl's wife, with a train of maidens, bore ale-bowl or mead-bowl round the hall, from the high <WSD>settle</WSD> of king or ealdorman in the midst to the mead benches ranged around its walls, while the gleeman sang the hero-songs 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A seat of any kind.