Esp. of a woman: virtuous as regards sexual morality, chaste; virginal. archaic and rare after early 18th cent.

Esp. of a woman: abstaining from immoral sexual activity; chaste; virginal. Cf. virtue, n. 2c.

Wearing a zone or girdle. Hence, virgin, chaste.

Of a person: Well-conducted, steady. Chiefly in to keep straight. Also, of a woman: Virtuous, chaste.

Of a woman: (see quot. 1903).