bahut

 [bah-hoot, -hoot; buh-hoot, -hoot; Fr. ba y]  

ba·hut

   [bah-hoot, -hoot; buh-hoot, -hoot; Fr. ba y]
noun, plural ba·huts  [bah-hoots, -hoots; buh-hoots, -hoots; Fr. ba 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.
Origin:
1830–40; < French, Old French bahu, bahuz, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *baghôdi cover, protection, equivalent to *bag- bag + *-hôdi protection, akin to hide1, hut
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