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ocotentehuitl.
Headword:
ocotentehuitl.
Principal English Translation:
a type of clothing for dressing the deceased, something that could be set on fire
(late sixteenth or early seventeenth century, central Mexico)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
ocotentehuitl = ropa encendida alumbradora (fines del s. XVI o principios del s. XVII; México central)