Obs. Also 4 bordiller, Sc. bordalour(e, 6 Sc. bordellar. [a. AF. bordeler = OF. bordelier, f. bordel: see prec.] A brothel-keeper; ? a frequenter of brothels.
c. 1375. ? Barbour, St. Cristofore, 456. Þai ware bordalouris parfyt.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 322. He … to the bordeler her solde.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 7036. Other bawdes or bordillers.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. 165. Fidlaris, bordellaris, makerellis … and siclike men of vile estimatioun.
