Crossword-Solution: CABER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caber | n. | A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CABER | anagram | ACERB, BRACE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
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Sentences with CABER (5)
Sometimes, however, it is derived from armorial distinctions, or the memory of some great feat; thus Lord Seaforth, as chief of the Mackenzies, or Clan-Kennet, bears the epithet of Caber-fae, or Buck's Head, as representative of Colin Fitzgerald, founder of the family, who saved the Scottish king, when endangered by a stag.
The village of Caber Sabet first attracts his attention by its architectural remains, indicating the existence of an ancient building, which must have had marble columns and a magnificent portico.
Occasionally there were matches at hockey, while putting the stone, throwing the caber, running and wrestling matches, were all tried in turn; and the company suffered comparatively little from the illness which rendered so large a proportion of the Swedish army inefficient.
The toss is made after a run, the caber being set up perpendicularly with the heavy end up by assistants on the spot indicated by the tosser, who sets one foot against it, grasps it with both hands, and, as soon as he feels it properly balanced, gives the word to the assistants to let go their hold.
The winner is he who tosses with the best and easiest style, according to old Highland traditions, and whose caber falls straightest in a direct line from him.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 74 times in crossword archives (1943–2021).