Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Boundary

Boundary ({not transcribed}) , noun

[From Bound a limit; compare Late Latin bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.]

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.
But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. — N. Cotton
That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. — Macaulay
Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. — Locke