something strengthened or secured with props or ties (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
tɬɑtoktiːlli
Alonso de Molina:
tlatoctilli. cosa fortalecida desta manera. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.