for a herd of sheep to go along very tightly grouped; or, for a military squad to go along closed and in good formation in battle (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
quitzacutiuh. (pret. oquitzacutia.) lo mesmo es que quipanocuitiuh. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 90v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.