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Webster 1913 Edition


Cabas


Ca-bas′

(kȧ-bä′)
,
Noun.
[F.]
A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady’s flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; – often written
caba
.
C. Bronté.

Definition 2024


cabas

cabas

English

Alternative forms

Noun

cabas

  1. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
  2. A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
    • Charlotte Brontë, The Professor
      I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas []


French

Etymology

From Old Provençal cabas, a word of Iberian origin (compare Catalan cabàs, Old Portuguese cabaz, Spanish copazo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabɑ/, /kaba/

Noun

cabas m (plural cabas)

  1. shopping basket