Sentence:  If we examine the relics of antique <WSD>chatelaines</WSD> in the Hotel Cluny and other museums, we observe serviceable articles, as scissors, "étui", pomander-box (for sudden illness), and keys that would break the delicate fingers of a modern belle to handle. For the chatelaine was then responsible for the health and welfare of her people in times of war and of peace; her duties were as varied as they were unceasing. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.