A coordinated effort by stockmen, often using horses, ATVs, or working dogs, to drive scattered cattle or sheep into corrals. It is done to perform necessary herd management tasks such as branding, vaccinating, sorting for sale, or moving the animals to new seasonal grazing grounds.
Heard on the job
We need three more riders for the fall roundup if we're going to clear the high pasture by Tuesday.
Also heard as
- muster