ranchstead means A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
From ranch + stead, modelled after farmstead.
noun
- A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings.“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.”