What is "boatwoman"

Usage examples of "boatwoman".

Tehei and Bihaura had come along to see us home, and the latter proved a good boatwoman herself.

There is a story that I tell myself in the night, an old Khaidun waterfront tale of a boatwoman who knew the talk of fish and could call them where she chose or, with a word, empty the harbor of everything but children diving for coins.