Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ranch

Ranch (ranch) , transitive verb

[Compare Wrench.]

To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion. [Rare] — Spenser
Hasting to raunch the arrow out. — Dryden

Ranch , noun

[See Rancho.]

A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2. [Western United States]