bahut

[ bah-hoot, -hoot; buh-hoot, -hoot; French ba-y ]

noun

, plural ba·huts [bah, -h, oo, ts, -hoots, b, uh, -, hoots, -, hoots, b, a, -, y].

1. a medieval French chest for household goods, originally small and portable.
2. a dwarf parapet or attic wall, especially one carrying the wall plates of a church roof.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bahut¹

1830–40; < French, Old French bahu, bahuz, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *baghôdi cover, protection, equivalent to *bag- bag + *-hôdi protection, akin to hide ¹, hut

Example Sentences

Anyhow, according to Yir Massir, it was the smell that killed big Bahut's mate.

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It looked to me as if he'd gotten desperate with hunger and had pounced on big Bahut—pshaw!

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Big Bahut whimpered all night and trumpeted as if his heart were broken.

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