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

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

Then the boundary rider lit his pipe, and slightly moved his seat, placing himself in an easy listening attitude, with his elbow on the table, and his hand across his face.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

The property itself covered I do not know how many square miles, divided into paddocks, and in each or most of these paddocks stood a house in which the boundary rider and his family lived.

From Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) by Weitemeyer, Thorvald