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. Ibid., Rental of Havering atte Bowre (Spelm.) Bordimanni, qui omnes tunc fuerunt bassæ tenuræ. [In mod. Dicts. (erroneously explained).]
