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

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boundary rider

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

The horseman was only a messenger from her husband—Mickey O'Dowd, the Irish boundary rider.

From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Trollope, Anthony

All the Levites, except Moriarty, were out on the run, but Martin, the head boundary rider, had timed himself for lunch.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

He had got a job there as boundary rider.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)