JACAL


Meaning of JACAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hə-ˈkäl ]

noun

( plural ja·ca·les -ˈkä-(ˌ)lās ; also ja·cals )

Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli

Date: 1838

: a 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.