Feme-sole or Femme-sole, n.

(fem-sōl′), n. [Fr., from feme, femme, and O. Fr. sol, sole, N. Fr. seul, Lat. solus, sola, alone, sole. Cf. supra.] (Law.) A sole, single, or unmarried woman. Burrill.

Femme-sole trader, a married woman who uses a trade alone, or without her husband.