Lodeman
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. A kind of pilot who navigated a vessel vdthin a harbor. Jacob.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A pilot.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
or LOADSMAN, The pilot conducts the ship up the river or into port; but the loadsman is he that undertakes to bring a ship through the haven, after being brought thither by the pilot, to the quay or place of diseharge, Jacob.