(a loanword from Spanish)
bridle or bit of a horse (see Molina) (partly a Spanish loanword, caballo, horse)
itepuz temmecayo cauallo. freno de cauallo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 42v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.