Caber meaning

kā'bər
A long heavy wooden pole tossed end over end as a demonstration of strength in Scottish highland games.
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A long, heavy pole thrown end over end in a Scottish Highland game to test muscular strength.
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A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
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Origin of caber

Scottish Gaelic cabar pole, beam, rafter from Vulgar Latin capriō from Latin capra she-goat chevron

Sentence Examples

  • Caber tossing >>

  • caber tosser has no difficulty in picking up the stick and walking around with it.

  • In fact, in the junior heavies, there were more girls prepared to toss the caber than there were boys!

  • caber music is supported by the National Lottery, The Scottish arts Council, .. .

  • toss the caber than there were boys!

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