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Look up: Caber

  1. caber
    [n] - a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Caber
    Ca'ber (kā'bẽr) noun [ Gael] A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/2

  3. Caber
    Ca'ber noun [ Gael. cabar .] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/2

  4. caber
    noun a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Caber
    • (n.) A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength. • (n.) A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Caber
    A caber is a roughly trimmed young pine-trunk, 20 or more feet long used in Scottish highland games (tossing the caber) as a trial of strength, being held upright by the smaller end and tossed so as strike the ground with the other end and turn over.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. caber
    a log used in the traditional game of ‘tossing the caber’
    Found on http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/general/sc

  8. Caber
    (comics) `Caber` is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Caber is one of the Celtic gods of Avalon, a warrior god. Caber is a good friend to Leir and usually accompanies him in battle. Fictional character biography: Caber dwelt in the realm of Avalon with the other Celtic gods. Caber...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caber

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