| 释义 |
ja·cal
\həˈkäl\ noun
(plural jaca·les \-ä(ˌ)lās\ ; also jacals)
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, from xamitl adobe + calli house
1. : a crude house or hut in Mexico and southwestern United States with a thatched roof and walls made of upright poles or sticks covered and chinked with mud or clay
2. : the method of construction used in building a jacal |