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tlachtemalacatl.
Headword:
tlachtemalacatl.
Principal English Translation:
a circular stone with a hole through the middle, usually placed on the side of a ball court
Attestations from sources in English:
A key object of the ball game was getting the rubber ball through the hole. (Central Mexico, sixteenth century)