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DictionarycaberScottish throwing pole
noun

caber

KAY-ber/ˈkeɪbər/

A heavy tapered pole tossed in Scottish athletic contests.

The athlete balances the towering caber upright before the toss.

A Scottish Highland Games competitor balances a towering, heavy wooden caber upright in both cupped hands before the toss, making the pole itself the dominant subject.
Etymology
caberScottish Gaelicpole, spar

Gaelic cabar meant a pole or spar. In English, the word named a pole used in housebuilding and became especially associated with the heavy pole tossed in Highland games.

In context

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More examples

  • The caber landed with its far end pointing away.
  • Spectators watched the enormous caber turn through the air.
  • He struggled to lift the heavy caber upright.

Forms

caber · cabers

Similar words

pole
Pole is general; a caber is the large tapered pole used in a particular athletic event.
log
A log is a cut tree section; caber identifies a prepared throwing implement.