hoyman
(ˈhɔɪmən)
[f. hoy n.1 + man.]
A man in charge of a hoy; the master of a hoy.
| 1666 Pepys Diary 13 June, A hoyman's daughter. 1781 Sir W. Jones Bailments Wks. 1799 VI. 669 It soon became necessary for the Courts to declare, as they did in the reign of James I, that a common hoyman, like a common waggoner, is responsible for goods committed to his custody. 1885 Law Times LXXX. 128/2 The defendant was simply a hoyman, unprotected by bill of lading or charter-party. |