The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cabas \Ca*bas"\ (k[.a]*b[aum]"), n. [F.]
   A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat
   workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba.
   --C. Bront['e].
   [1913 Webster]