WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ja•cal
(hə käl′, hä-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ca•les (-kä′lās, -lāz),USA pronunciation -cals.
- (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.
- Nahuatl xahcalli
- Mexican Spanish
- 1830–40, American.
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