ranch house

the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.

Also called rambler. any one-story house of the same general form, especially one built in the suburbs.

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An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Not even the lighted square of a ranch-house window broke the night.
Desert Conquest|A. M. Chisholm
Hurrying back to their horses, they rode to the ranch-house where Judith, with no word of adieu, left Lee to go to the house.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch|Jackson Gregory
"'Where the stream bends sharp to the east away from a ranch-house,'" Jerry was quoting Ponk.
The Reclaimers|Margaret Hill McCarter
Neither doors nor windows in the ranch-house were ever locked, and, save on really cold nights, they were rarely even closed.
Shoe-Bar Stratton|Joseph Bushnell Ames

Before they realized it, they had skidded down and stopped in front of the ranch-house.
The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land|Gordon Stuart