to strip trees of their branches, or the like (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tziquimoloa. nitla. (pret. onitlatziquimolo.) deshojar ramas de arboles o cosa semejante. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 152v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.