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tlatzacuillo elcuauhyotl.

Headword: 
tlatzacuillo elcuauhyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a wooden support for a door, one that penetrates the wall (see Molina; transl. to English here by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatzacuillo elquauhyotl
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatzacuillo elquauhyotl. tranca de puerta. s. el madero que entra enla pared. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 142v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.