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cuauhcuezcomatl.

Headword: 
cuauhcuezcomatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a granary made of wood; primarily used to store dried maize (corn), but also beans and chia (the wrinkled chia and the small seeds)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhcuezcomatl
Attestations from sources in English: 

In the Matrícula de tributos (a partial copy of the Codex Mendoza), we see what appears to be a granary made of sticks in a cubic shape being used to hold all kinds of dry goods.
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see p. 207.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

quauhcuezcomatl = troje de palos (Toluca, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 136–137.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Food, Eating, Cooking
Technology, Tools
Wood, wooden material