单词 | bouman |
释义 | boumann. Scottish. The tenant of a bowing n.2 ΚΠ 1752 Scots Mag. Sept. 458/2 John MacCol, bouman, having the charge of milk-cows upon a farm or shealing belonging to Dougal Stewart of Appin. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 108 The farmers and the crofters and the boumen..wringing their very plaids to get a second rent. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 204 (note) A bouman is a tenant who takes stock from the landlord and shares with him the increase. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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