kəˈhōn noun
( plural cajo·nes -ō(ˌ)nās, -ōnēz)
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, big box, aug. of caja box, from Latin capsa — more at case
1. Southwest : a narrow gorge with vertical sides : box canyon
2.
[Spanish]
: a Spanish and Spanish-American method of construction in which walls are made of mud rammed into a narrow boxlike frame and allowed to harden