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Jacal (noun)
jacal [ huh-kahl, hah- ]


noun, plural ja·ca·les [huh-kah-leys, -leyz, hah-], ja·cals.
1. (in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico) a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud.

ORIGIN: 1830–40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl xahcalli

HOW TO USE JACAL IN A SENTENCE
The other is the jacal, which is nearly 9600 feet above the sea-level, and crowned with forests of pine and cedar.
THE DESERT WORLD | ARTHUR MANGIN

Ten minutes later all slept, or seemed to sleep, in the jacal: the storm lasted the night through, howling furiously.
THE TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER | GUSTAVE AIMARD

Only a few minutes after the hacendero's son had left, the door of the jacal was roughly opened—four men entered.
THE TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER | GUSTAVE AIMARD

Valentine said, when about a dozen yards from the jacal, "Everything is very silent here."
THE TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER | GUSTAVE AIMARD

The preparations for quitting the jacal were not long, and an hour later, the five persons started.
THE TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER | GUSTAVE AIMARD

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