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caber

ca·ber

UK/ˈkeɪbə/ US/ˈkɑː-/ uncommon

noun

1.

a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)

Origin

From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).

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