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