the reins of a horse, the breaking or stopping of a horse; or the act of chaining someone up (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tetepuz mecayotiliztli
Alonso de Molina:
tetepuz mecayotiliztli. enfrenamiento de cauallo, o el acto de encadenar a alguno. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 107r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.