boundary rider

American  

noun

Australian.

1. a ranch hand who patrols the boundary of a sheep or cattle station in order to watch the stock, repair fences, etc.

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boundary rider British  

noun

1. an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying

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Etymology

Origin of boundary rider

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Jackaroo, n.: boundary rider, station hand, sheep drover.

From Time Magazine Archive

"On the pay slips I'm a boundary rider," he says, when quizzed, "but the locals call me a dogger."

From Time Magazine Archive

In succession he became sheep shearer, railway labourer, boundary rider, stock runner, scrub-cleaner, coastal sailor, dishwasher in a bush hotel, itinerant umbrella-mender and sheep drover.

From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

At last, moved by the report of the Mia-mia boundary rider, he drove slowly along the river frontage, and saw five miles of wagons, wagonettes, spring-carts, buggies, tents, women, children, dogs, cooking-utensils, and masculine laundry.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

"I didn't make any song about it," replied the boundary rider half-resentfully.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph