Definition of "dell"

dell¹

/dɛl/

noun
plural dells
1. A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.
  Quotations
  To this day they dwell / In a lonely dell.
  1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
  In dells and dales, conceal'd from human sight.
  1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens

dell²

/dɛl/

noun
plural dells
1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
  Quotations
  Sweet doxies and dells
  1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640