caba

noun

ca·​ba

kəˈbä

plural -s

: a woman's workbasket or handbag

Word History

Etymology

French cabas, from Old Provençal, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin capacium, from Latin capere to take, contain

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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