jacalEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishjacal /həˈkɑːl / ▸ noun (plural jacales /həˈkɑːleɪz/) (in Mexico and the south-western US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut. – ORIGIN Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli ‘adobe house’.