bahutn.
1. A dress for masquerading, a domino. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > worn at masquerade
masquery1535
masquerade1674
masquins1694
bahut1784
1784 M. Berry Jrnl. I. 76 Put on our bahuts and went..to..the Florentine Theatre.
2. [ < French bahut.] An ornamented chest, esp. one having a rounded top; an ornamented cabinet.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of
foot-gang1530
lobby chest1803
wagon box1810
wagon chest1827
bahut1840
Wellington chest1880
tansu1885
mule chest1911
Wellington1936
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun]
aumbry1356
shelfc1440
armoryc1485
cupboard1530
armoire1571
amberc1625
tabern1657
dark-closet1726
almirah1788
cwtch1890
bahuta1916
muurkas1949
1840 W. M. Thackeray Pict. Rhapsody in Fraser's Mag. July 115/1 A chest of drawers, secrétaire, cabinet, or bahut.
a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) iii. v. 207 A tall inlaid and brass-bound French bahut.
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