bollman dial.
(ˈbəʊmən)
[f. ON. ból an abode (cf. bold n.) + man.]
A cottager (In Orkney and Shetland). See also bouman.
| a 1796 Statist. Acc. Scot. XV. 415–6 (Jam.) The amount of what a cottager or bollman, and his wife can earn annually. 1866 T. Edmondston Shetl. & Orkney Gloss., Bollman, a cottager, pronounced bowman. |