ranchstead

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ranch +‎ stead, modelled after farmstead.

Noun

ranchstead (plural ranchsteads)

  1. A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings.
    • 2014, John Keeble, Broken Ground, page 90:
      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.
    • 2025, Craig Boddington, 50 Great Stalks: Hunting the World's Greatest Game Up Close:
      Camp was a rambling old ranch-stead, comfortable bed and running water, meals cooked in an outdoor kitchen, taken outside on the porch.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.