dial. [f. ON. ból an abode (cf. BOLD sb.) + MAN.] A cottager (In Orkney and Shetland). See also BOUMAN.
a. 1796. Statist. Acc. Scot., XV. 445–6 (Jam.). The amount of what a cottager or bollman, and his wife can earn annually.
1866. Edmondston, Shetl. & Orkney Gloss., Bollman, a cottager, pronounced bowman.
