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ehuachimalli.

Headword: 
ehuachimalli.
Principal English Translation: 

leather shield

IPAspelling: 
eːwɑtʃiːmɑlli
Attestations from sources in English: 

tzinacantopilli, in tepuztlavitolli, in tepuzmitl: yoā no vncan maceoaloc in tepuzquacalalatli, in tepuzvipilli, in tepuzmatlavipilli, in eoachimalli, in tepuchimalli, in quauhchimalli = halberds, crossbows, crossbow, bolts. And also they acquired there iron helmets, iron cuirasses, coats of mail, leather shields, metal shields, wooden shields. (Mexico City, sixteenth century)
James Lockhart, We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico, Repertorium Columbianum v. 1 (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1993), 160.

themes: 
Leather
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry