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CABER

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ca⋅ber

[key-ber]
–noun Scot.
a pole or beam, esp. one thrown as a trial of strength.

Origin:
1505–15; < ScotGael cabar pole
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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.]
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