The Collaborative International Dictionary
borsholder
Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow \Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.]
--Blackstone.(Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
Wiktionary
borsholder
n. (context UK obsolete English) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough; the headborough; a parish constable.
Usage examples of "borsholder".
Pinch barely held back his wince, knowing the borsholder was probably looking for them.