: pole
especially
: a young tree trunk used for tossing as a trial of strength in a Scottish sport
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No longer would cabers be tossed (a caber is a 20-foot-long wooden pole).
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Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
The full games start Saturday with athletic contests, which include tossing the caber (imagine throwing a telephone pole) and the hammer throw; pipe and drum competitions; highland dancing; and sheepdog trials.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022
The Highland Games traditionally involve a selection of events including the tug-o-war and the caber toss, alongside Highland dance competitions, bagpiping, and track and field events.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2018
In one, an enlarged Hello Kitty Pez dispenser is turned into a weapon, hurled at a baddie in the manner of an old-fashioned Scottish caber toss.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 July 2018
The Scottish American Society of Central Florida serves up pipes, drums, caber tossing and whiskey at this popular January event.
—A.d. Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
The full games start Saturday with athletic contests, which include tossing the caber (imagine throwing a telephone pole) and the hammer throw; pipe and drum competitions; highland dancing; and sheepdog trials.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022
The Highland Games traditionally involve a selection of events including the tug-o-war and the caber toss, alongside Highland dance competitions, bagpiping, and track and field events.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2018
In one, an enlarged Hello Kitty Pez dispenser is turned into a weapon, hurled at a baddie in the manner of an old-fashioned Scottish caber toss.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 July 2018
The Scottish American Society of Central Florida serves up pipes, drums, caber tossing and whiskey at this popular January event.
—A.d. Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
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