to make a metal netting or mesh for use as armor, as a coat of mail (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tepuzmatlachiua, tepuzmatlachihua
Alonso de Molina:
tepuzmatlachiua. nitla. (pret. onitlatepuzmatlachiuh.) hazer malla para cota. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.