jacal
[h
uh
-
kahl
, hah-]
/həˈkɑl, hɑ-/
noun
,
plural
jacales
[h
uh
-
kah
-leys, -leyz, hah-]
/həˈkɑ leɪs, -leɪz, hɑ-/
(
Show IPA
),
jacals.
1.
(in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico) a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud.
Origin
1830-40,
Americanism; <
Mexican Spanish
<
Nahuatl
xahcalli
Examples from the web for
jacal
Evidence of the burned fort, burned cellar, and wall trenches of
jacal
structures should still be extant.
jacal
in Technology
JAffer's Canonical ALgebra