backsplit

Etymology

From back + split.

backsplit means A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

noun

A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation.“By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]”