boundary rider
(Australia) A person employed to travel along the boundary of a station, to check and maintain the fencing.
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(Australia) A person employed to travel along the boundary of a station, to check and maintain the fencing.
For these sixty-seven and a half miles of fence we must have three men known as boundary riders. A boundary rider is one whose duty is to see that the fence is in order.
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(Australia, sports, Australian rules football) A commentator on Australian rules football games who reports from the boundary of the field of play, and interviews players on the interchange bench as well as coaching and medical staff.
No. 2 shows a boundary-rider. This out-back servant of the State has about 70 miles of fencing to look after and inspects the whole every six days.
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