stocks (for holding a person), prison; or, a hole made in wood (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhcocoyoctli
Alonso de Molina:
quauhcocoyoctli. cepo, prision, o agujero hecho en madera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.