for a herd of sheep to go along very tightly grouped; or, for a military squad to go along closed and in good formation in battle (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
quipanocuitiuh. (pret. oquipanocuitia.) yr el hato de ouejas muy junto y apretado, o yr cerrado y bien concertado el esquadron, en la batalla. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 90r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.