splanch

English

Etymology

Blend of split-level +‎ ranch.

Noun

splanch (plural splanches)

1. (US, architecture) A house with three levels inside a two-level skin.
   • 2005, Mathias B. Freese, The i Tetralogy, page 213:

     We barely see the world at such a level, for we are surburbing in our splanches, looking for ledges to set down our plastic menorahs for all the gentiles to see.