maiden

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
maiden/ˈmeɪdn/

▶noun

• 1 archaic a girl or young woman.

  ■ a virgin.

• 2 (also maiden over) Cricket an over in which no runs are scored.

▶adjective

• 1 (of an older woman) unmarried.

  ■ (of a female animal) having not been mated.

• 2 being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind: the Titanic's maiden voyage.

• 3 denoting a horse that has never won a race, or a race intended for such horses.

– derivatives
maidenhood noun,
maidenish adjective,
maiden-like adjective,
maidenly adjective.

– origin OE mægden, from a Gmc dimin. meaning ‘maid, virgin’.