an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
boundary rider in American English
noun
Austral
a ranch hand who patrols the boundary of a sheep or cattle station in order to watch the stock, repair fences, etc.
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, metric system, mutualism, pop-up
Examples of 'boundary rider' in a sentence
boundary rider
The mobility of the boundary riders is also vital.