a wooden screen, lattice, grate, grill; perhaps a protective device made of wood (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhtecpantli
Alonso de Molina:
quauhtecpantli. verjas, o rexa de madera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.