† ˈbordman Obs. Feudal Syst.
[Found in early times, only in the latinized form bordmannus, bordimannus, as a synonym of bordārius, see bordar.]
A bordar, or tenant in bordage, a cottier.
| 1087 Domesday (in Du Cange) In dominio est una carucata, et xxv villani, et xxxiii bordmanni, cum iv carucatus. ― Rental of Havering atte Bowre (Spelm.) Bordimanni, qui omnes tunc fuerunt bassæ tenuræ. [In mod. Dicts. (erroneously explained).] |