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ranchstead

noun

Etymology

From ranch + stead, modelled after farmstead.

  1. inherited from *stéh₂tis✻
  2. inherited from *stadiz✻
  3. inherited from stede
  4. inherited from sted
  5. compounded as ranchstead — “ranch + stead”

Definitions

  1. A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it

    A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings.

    • Camp was a rambling old ranch-stead, comfortable bed and running water, meals cooked in an outdoor kitchen, taken outside on the porch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA