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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.


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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
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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