an iron compass, for measuring or squaring off something (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tepuztlayollo analoni
Alonso de Molina:
tepuztlayollo analoni. compas de hierro, para medir o trazar algo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.