something involving lattice (see Molina); and see cuauhtecpantli
Orthographic Variants:
quauhtecpanyo
Alonso de Molina:
quauhtecpanyo. enrexada cosa. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.