stocks, prison, or a hole made in wood; or, wood with holes carved in it (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhcoyoctli
Alonso de Molina:
quauhcoyoctli. cepo, prision, o agujero hecho en madero, o madero agujerado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.