a rope made from esparto or halfah (also known as "needle grass")
Orthographic Variants:
çacamecatl
IPAspelling:
sɑkɑmekɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina:
zacamecatl. soga desparto, ode cosa semejante. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.