boundary marker
Edge-defining post
A boundary marker is a physical object—stone, post, fence, or monument—placed to indicate where one property, territory, or jurisdiction ends and another begins.
Survey markers, border pillars, and corner posts all serve this function.
The term extends figuratively to anything that delineates limits: Her tone was a boundary marker, signaling the conversation was over.
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- stone wallDry-stacked rock barrier
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- fence postVertical barrier support
metes and bounds · border · riverbank · blaze · bollard · ridgeline · milestone · enclosure · demarcation · gatepost · hedge · border stone · property line · lot line · tree line · limit · terminus · partition
- bordersborder, border crossing, national borders, international borders, border markers
- boundariesborders, border, edges, edge, limits
- course markersbuoy, cone, flag, pylon, stake
- marine sanctuaryno-take zone, buffer zone, mooring buoy, ranger station, research station
- property boundariesproperty line, lot line, fence line, demarcation, border
- city limitscity limits, city boundaries, city proper, demarcation, district lines
boundary markeropen land
unmarked territory · commons · no-man's-land · open range · free zone
boundary markerbridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
gateway · crossing point · connector · thoroughfare · passage