jacal

• And all the afternoon has one or the other been standing near the door of the jacal, with a lorgnette levelled up the ravine through which the valley is entered from above Only as the shades of night close over them do they desist from this vigil, proving fruitless Added to the idea of danger, they have another reason for desiring the speedy return of the messenger. —  The Lone Ranche
• Then the troop files off from the front of the jacal, disappearing under the trees like a gigantic glittering serpent. —  The Lone Ranche
• Their example is electric, and in ten seconds the jacal is empty In ten more they are among their horses, drawing in the trail-ropes and bridling them Before they can get into their saddles they are made aware of what it is all about Hamersley and Walt, already mounted and waiting, make known to the Ranger captain the cause of their hurried action, apparently so eccentric. —  The Lone Ranche
• This method is known to the Mexicans as "jacal," and much used by them. —  The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198
• This is the equivalent of the Mexican "jacal" construction, and consists of series of poles or logs planted vertically in the ground close to each other and plastered with mud either outside or on both sides. —  The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198

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