Definition of "ranch-house" [ranch-house]

• The principal dwelling-house on a ranch; the abode of a ranchman. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The ranch-house kitchen was filled with the warm smell of chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven."
• "A particular echo, to be heard directly from the ranch-house, was an unfailing source of exercise for Jerry's lungs."
• "He and his colleagues helped a 1950 ranch house in Macon, Ga., as well as ranch-house subdivisions in Savannah and Atlanta, win listings on the National Register."