Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cabeca \Ca*be"[,c]a\ (k[.a]*b[asl]"s[.a]), Cabesse \Ca*besse"\
   (k[.a]*b[e^]s"), n. [Pg. cabe[,c]a, F. cabesse.]
   The finest kind of silk received from India.