name
Meaning 1
plural of Caba
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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cabas
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noun
Meaning 2
A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- a. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Villette And at last I got away. The shop commissions took some time to execute, that choosing and matching of silks and wools being always a tedious business, but at last I got through my list. The patterns for the slippers, the bell-ropes, the cabas were selected—the slides and tassels for the purses chosen—the whole "tripotage", in short, was off my mind; nothing but the fruit and the felicitations remained to be attended to.
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History
Etymology
From French cabas.