[key-ber] 
| a pole or beam, esp. one thrown as a trial of strength. |
| ca·ber (kā'bər) n. A long heavy wooden pole tossed end over end as a demonstration of strength in Scottish highland games. [Scottish Gaelic cabar, pole, beam, rafter, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin capra, she-goat; see chevron.] |