jacal

noun

ja·​cal hə-ˈkäl 

plural jacales hə-ˈkä-(ˌ)lās  also jacals

: a hut in Mexico and southwestern U.S. with a thatched roof and walls made of upright poles or sticks covered and chinked with mud or clay

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above