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obraje.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
obraje.
Principal English Translation: 

a manufacturing establishment, usually for textiles
(a loanword from Spanish)

The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 153.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

occequi ompa mani metl atentitech ynahuac comunidad milpa yhuan occequi mani ynahuac obraje = otros magueyes plantados a orillas de la zanja que tengo junto a la milpa de la comunidad, y otros que tengo junto al obraje (Cuautitlan, Tepozotlan, 1639)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 210–211.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing