ranched

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Word Origin & History

1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).

Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.

Example Sentences for ranched

I know a lot about horses, and he's ranched some before—this English duck.

After he had finished his first season of work as sheriff and as United States marshal, Garrett ranched it for a time.

He had ranched in Canada, and had also done something vague of the outdoor kind in Texas.

If these weren't modern days he'd come near bein' a gun-man, same as we had in Texas, when I ranched there in the 'seventies.

For a time he "ranched" without success, and was heard of as a frequenter of saloons.