caber

Highland throwing beam

A caber is a long, heavy wooden pole—typically a trimmed tree trunk—used in Scottish Highland games.

Competitors hoist the caber vertically, run forward, and flip it end over end.

The goal is not distance but accuracy: a perfect throw lands with the caber pointing directly away from the thrower, like twelve o'clock on a dial.

log

timber

Wood for construction

pineCone-bearing evergreen
poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
taperedGradually narrowing in width

wooden · bark · tall · straight · trunk · fir · spruce · larch · heavy · unwieldy

strength

muscle

Contractile body tissue

powerEnergy transfer rate
enduranceSustained effort capacity
brawnMuscular power, bodily might

athleticism · stamina · vigor · toughness · grip strength · explosive · lift · balance · coordination · training

Categories

Scottish Wordsaye, bairn, brae, burn, cairn
posts and polesfence post, flagpole, lamp post, telephone pole, utility pole
Scotsaye, wee, nae, ken, couldnae
Gaelic Wordsslainte, craic, bodhran, Gaelic, Irish

Opposites

size and weight

Water-smoothed small rock

twig · feather · needle · toothpick · splinter

cultural context

cabermetropolitan

Of a major city

javelin · boomerang · lacrosse stick · cricket bat · city

athletic implements

caberping pong ball

Table tennis projectile

dart · golf ball · marble · pebble · javelin

Phrases

caber tossThrowing a tall pole

Family

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