pointers

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


two of the bullocks in a team.See quotation.

1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 36:

«Twelve bullocks is the usual number in a team, the two polersand the leaders being steady old stagers; the pair next to thepole are called the `pointers,' and are also required to bepretty steady, the remainder being called the `body bullocks,'and it is not necessary to be so particular about their beingthoroughly broken in.»

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