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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: architecture
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History
Borrowed from French bahut, of unknown origin.
