jacal noun. [hǝ'kɑ:l] M19.
[Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl xacalli contr. of xamitl calli adobe house.]
A hut built of erect stakes filled in with wattle and mud, common in Mexico and the south-western US; an adobe house. Also, the material or method used in building such a hut.

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