wen(t)SH/S noun archaic humorous noun: *****; plural noun: wenches 1. a girl or young woman. archaic a *******. verb archaic verb: *****; 3rd person present: wenches; past tense: wenched; past participle: wenched; gerund or present participle: wenching 1. (of a man) consort with prostitutes. Origin: Middle English: abbreviation of obsolete wenchel ‘child, servant, *******’; perhaps related to Old English wancol ‘unsteady, inconstant.’