Ranchstead
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings.
"At the crest stood Phil Grimes's tractor and lowboy trailer, and next to them the LeTourneau, and then down low on the slope he saw a ranchstead—a metal building, old barn, rock silo, outbuildings, and a house. Just past the house lay the river, curled against the base of the cliffs. He geared down and took a hard right toward the ranchstead."
Example
More examples"At the crest stood Phil Grimes's tractor and lowboy trailer, and next to them the LeTourneau, and then down low on the slope he saw a ranchstead—a metal building, old barn, rock silo, outbuildings, and a house. Just past the house lay the river, curled against the base of the cliffs. He geared down and took a hard right toward the ranchstead."
Etymology
From ranch + stead, modelled after farmstead.
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