bahut

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/bəˈhʊt//bəˈhuːt/

noun

A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.

OriginFrench bahut →
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Meanings

nounbahut (plural bahuts)

plural bahuts

  1. obsoleteA portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
  2. obsoletearchitectureA dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.

Origin

  1. Frenchbahut
  2. Englishbahut

Borrowed from French bahut, of unknown origin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bahut

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Cite this entry
APA

bahut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahut

MLA

“bahut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahut. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bahut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahut.

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