Shobdo Logo
ONAD→jacal

jacal

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
jacal /häˈkäl, hɑˈkɑl /
▸ noun
(plural jacales /-ˈkälās/)
(in Mexico and the southwestern US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut.
– ORIGIN Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli ‘adobe house’.