A boundary between two pieces of land; the act of plotting out such a boundary. Also: the limits staked out for a building. Obsolete.

A landmark indicating the limit of an estate or territory. Obsolete except in combinations.

A pillar, post, stone, fence, etc., placed to indicate the position of a boundary. Cf. landmark, n. 1. Obsolete.

A boundary, a border; = mereing, n. 1. Formerly also: †a border district; an object indicating a boundary, a landmark (obsolete). Also figurative.

A landmark or other feature marking a boundary. Also (frequently in plural and in meiths and bounds, meiths and marches, etc.): a boundary, a limit…

A boundary, frontier; an object serving to define a boundary, a landmark. Now spec.: a boundary or terminal point considered as confining or…

A boundary or landmark, consisting of a post, a stone, or an unploughed balk or strip of land.

Scottish. A pole, stake, or (esp. in later use) a heap of stones, a column, a cairn, etc., used as a marker, esp. of a line or boundary. Cf. prop, v.1…

Chiefly Scottish. A boundary marker; an object set to indicate a boundary line. Cf. march-balk n. at compounds 1b; see also march stone, n. Now rare.

The boundary of a country, estate, etc.; an object set up to mark a boundary line.