boundary rider

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

Origin of boundary rider

First recorded in 1860–65

But no boundary-rider had ever stopped long at the Yelkin hut.

A Bride from the Bush |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
A boundary-rider is not a ‘boss’ in the Bush, but he is an important personage, in his way.

A Bride from the Bush |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
It is ten years since we last met, when I rode with you as far as the boundary-rider's hut on the Curra Paddock.

Niece Catherine |Mary Hampden
It was the boundary-rider of the Yelkin Paddock; but the boundary-rider was a woman.

A Bride from the Bush |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Moreover, the boundary-rider was thoroughly satisfied, and even anxious to remain.

A Bride from the Bush |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

boundary rider

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