caber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of caber
First recorded in 1505–15, caber is from the Scots Gaelic word cabar pole
Example Sentences
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Competitors took part in traditional games including tug-of-war and the caber toss, and enjoyed performances by bagpipers, drummers and dancers.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
One week, it’s a San Diego quarterback throwing a ball backward over his head, a play that Bryce Miller of the San Diego Union-Tribune described as resembling “a drunken, Scottish caber toss minus the kilt.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2019
He’s alive and swinging, despite the best intentions of Brienne and Arya, and breathing heavily, like every interesting character on “Game of Thrones” who carries a caber or defies death.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2016
Although he plays up his roots by donning a kilt or tossing the caber - a Highland sport involving throwing a giant wooden pole - he has impeccable credentials as a German conservative.
From Reuters • Jan. 15, 2013
Tossing the Caber.—The caber is a small tree, perhaps a larch with the branches all off.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
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