Backsplit

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation.

    "By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]"

Example

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"By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]"

Etymology

From back + split.

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