caber
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of caber
First recorded in 1505–15, caber is from the Scots Gaelic word cabar pole
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When I tasted La Cumbre’s Caber Tosser, served from a hand-pulled cask in Albuquerque, it was creamy, soft and slightly smoky—dark but light, strong but smooth, utterly distinctive but also recognizably of its region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2016
Two Japanese guests at the resort tried unsuccessfully to intervene, but they were not harmed or abducted, Captain Caber said.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2015
“There are many lawless elements in Mindanao, but it’s not clear which group is involved,” Captain Caber said.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2015
The four were taken from the Holiday Oceanview Samal resort on Samal Island, off the southern coast of Mindanao, about 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Captain Caber said.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2015
Caber, kāb′ėr, n. a pole, generally the stem of a young tree, which is poised and tossed or hurled by Highland athletes.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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