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escudo.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
escudo.
Principal English Translation: 

a shield, a coat of arms; shields could be decorated with feathers; see also chimalli

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yhuitlachichihualli oncan moetztica San Francisco yhuan Totlaçonantzin = y también dos escudos hechos de pluma en que están estampados San Fransisco y Nuestra Señora (Xochimilco, 1650)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 242–243.

themes: 
Art, Crafts
Feathers
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry