Also means
chest (luggage)
Usage Note
Baule refers to a large travelling trunk or storage chest — think old-fashioned luggage rather than a modern suitcase (valigia). In everyday Italian it also colloquially means the boot (trunk) of a car. Its plural is regular: bauli.
Examples
"Ho messo le valigie nel baule."
Natural Translation
I put the suitcases in the trunk.
Literal Translation
I-have put the suitcases in-the trunk
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