small tablecloths (see Molina) (partially a loanword from Spanish, manteles, tablecloths)
Alonso de Molina:
mantelesto. manteles pequeños. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.