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

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  • When talking about objects (or people) fitting in some physical place, caber is always the verb to use.
  • For "The chair fits in my car" you use the verb "caber".
  • A trial of strength, and a heavy rail having been brought down from the stackyard, the "caber" was tossed before an enthusiastic company.
  • The caber is the heavy trunk of a tree from 16 to
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