Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long heavy wooden pole tossed end over end as a demonstration of strength in Scottish highland games.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pole; a rafter; a beam; a large stick.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long, thick
log held upright at one end andtossed in theHighland games .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
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_tinel_ -- huge bludgeon, beam, "caber" -- but he afterwards turns out to be Guibourc's, or rather Orable's, own brother.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
yarb commented on the word caber
Shurely not from an extinct verb "to cabe"? To be big and heavy? To be lengthy and wooden? To be tossable?
November 16, 2007