DCHP-2

ranch-house ((1)) 1 DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  the principal dwelling on a ranch (def. lb).

  See also: ranch ((1)) ((n.)) (def. 1b, 1c)  

  • 1955  The ranch-house was only a few miles from the cabin, and . . . I became a fairly frequent visitor.
  • 1957  . . . every ranch-house stove [was] red-hot, the washing as solid as iron on the line.

• 2 n.

  a style of one-storey house characterized by long, low spaciousness.

  See also: ranch ((1)) ((n.)) (def. 3)  ranch bungalow  rancher (def. 3)  

  • 1958  . . . far up the mountains whey we used to pick wild berries, there are fancy new homes and ranch houses.
  • 1958  [Caption] [Kwakiutl] Ranch house under construction.
  • 1965  . . . an appreciably smaller percentage of Canadians than Americans make the ranch-house, two-car, gadget-filled world portrayed by the slick magazines.