RANCH  , a See also:

• TERM

term in current usage among the See also:

• ENGLISH

English-speaking peoples for a large See also:

• FARM

farm, particularly one for See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle or See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-breeding . The word came into use in this application in the western states of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and was an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American rancho, herdsmen's huts; in Spanish a gathering of See also:

• PEOPLE

people having their meals in See also:

• COMMON

common, a See also:

• MESS (an adaptation of O. Fr. mes, mod. mets; Ital. messo; derived from the Late Lat. missum, past participle of mittere " to send or place in position ")

mess .