DCHP-1 Online
ranching town 
n. a town largely dependent on the cattle business; a shipping point for cattle.
See also: cowtown
- 1897 The rather distressing situation of the woman and children--one a babe in arms--appealed at once to the whole-souled munificence of the "ranching town."
- 1897 The rather distressing situation of the woman and children--one a babe in arms--appealed at once to the whole-souled munificence of the "ranching town."