bər noun Scot.
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
Origin:
1505–15; < Scots Gaelic cabar pole
1505–15; < Scots Gaelic cabar pole
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| —n | |
| (Scot) a heavy section of trimmed tree trunk thrown in competition at Highland games (tossing the caber) | |
| [C16: from Gaelic cabar pole] | |
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Caber
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
caber
pole used in housebuilding, especially as an object tossed in the Highland games, 1510s, from Gael. cabar "pole, spar," cognate with Irish cabar "lath," Welsh ceibr "beam, rafter."
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