a short cloak or cape, or clothing for the road, for travel (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
otlica tlatquitl. esclauina, o ropa de camino. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 78r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.