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tepan cuachichiquilli.

Headword: 
tepan cuachichiquilli.
Principal English Translation: 

a bearing wall, or a wall support (?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepan quachichiquilli
Alonso de Molina: 

tepan quachichiquilli. cauallete de pared.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 102r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings