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Definition of Caber
1. Noun. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland).
Definition of Caber
1. n. A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.
2. n. A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
Definition of Caber
1. Noun. A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caber
1. a heavy pole thrown as a trial of strength [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caber
Literary usage of Caber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Combined Spanish Method: A Practical and Theoretical System for Learning by Alberto de Tornos (1915)
"caber, to be capable of containing, &c.—This verb is employed in different manners in
... No caber de pies. Á mi me cupo en suerte venir á la América. ..."
2. England from a Back-window: With Views of Scotland and Ireland by James Montgomery Bailey (1878)
"THROWING THE caber. /T~*HERE was to be an exhibition by a district athletic J_
society, in the little village of Tomintoul, while I was in Elgin; and, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Amongst these events peculiarly Scottish, Tossing the caber ... A "caber" in the
Gaelic is a straight rod or wand. So a " caber ..."
4. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1876)
"(By S. TEBAY, BA)—" Tossing the caber." This Highland game, as performed before
the Queen at Braemar, consists in throwing a heavy piece of tapering timber ..."
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