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ranch-house ((2))
[cf. rancherie (def. 2)]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
among Coast Indians, a long rectangular communal dwelling, built of cedar, housing several families, and used at times for ceremonial affairs. [See picture at plank house.]
See: plank house(and picture)
Quotations
1958
[Caption] [Kwakiutl] Ranch house under construction.
2n.
an Indian house, especially a communal dwelling on a rancherie (def. 1).
Quotations
1907
. . . And who would dream as I speak/In a tribal tongue like a rogue unhung, 'mid the ranch-house filth and reek,/I could roll to bed with a Latin phrase and rise with a verse of Greek?
1947
A small rancherie, known as Kanaka Ranch adjoined Viewfield farm toward the west. Old residents of Esquimalt still remember the decrepit old ranch house near the sea end of Constance avenue. . . .