ranchstead

English

Alternative forms

• ranch-stead

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.