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night-herd ((v.)) † 
v. prevent cattle from straying from the herd at night.
- 1903 What we would call roughing it is following the round-up and night-herding in wet weather, working on a threshing outfit in Manitoba or working for one's board on the farm of a Methodist Manitoban farmer.
- 1955 I took a chance and told the boys that there was no use night herding since there was not little time to sleep.
- 1963 . . . we certainly did not propose to night herd.
- 1903 What we would call roughing it is following the round-up and night-herding in wet weather, working on a threshing outfit in Manitoba or working for one's board on the farm of a Methodist Manitoban farmer.