Jacal

Pronunciation

• IPA: /həˈkɑːl/

Origin

Spanish jacal

Full definition of jacal

Noun

1. a wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the south-western US
• 1992: A few jacales of brush and mud with brush roofs and a pole corral where five scrubby horses with big heads stood looking solemnly at the horses passing in the road. — Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses----