Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
CABBAGE
I. noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English caboche, from Middle French dialect (Norman & Picard), literally, head, noggin
Date: 15th century
1. any of several brassicas ( Brassica oleracea ) of European origin, any of several plants related to or resembling cabbage, money , cash , cabbagey also cabbagy adjective
II. noun
Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from Middle French cabas cheating, theft pieces of cloth left in cutting out garments and traditionally kept by tailors as perquisites,
III. transitive verb (cabbaged; cabbaging)
Date: 1691
steal , filch