bahut /bəˈhʊt/ noun2 •(no longer used) 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. •(no longer used) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade. formsbahuts
