cabern.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪbə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑbər/,

/ˈkeɪbər/, Scottish English

/ˈkebər/

Forms: Also 1500s cabir, kebber, kebbre, 1700s kaber.

Etymology: < Gaelic cabar pole, spar, rafter = Irish cabar lath, Welsh ceibr beam, rafter, Cornish ceber, keber rafter, beam, Breton 9th cent. in Luxemb. fol. ‘tignæ, cepriou’.

Scottish.

1. A pole, or spar, usually consisting of the stem of a young pine or fir-tree, used in house-carpentry, scaffolding, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] > part of > pole

scatch1420

cabera1522

scaffolding pole1759

scaffold pole1798

trestle-post1799

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > spar or pole

rigald1327

spar1388

cabera1522

longer1772

ricker1820

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. v. 185 This schaft, that was als rude and squar As it had beyn a cabyr or a spar.

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 They frae a Barn a Kaber raught.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 162 To every plant they give a pole, which is a tree, like the smallest sort of what we call cabers.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 164 They hung them [trouts] on the cabers of their wigwams.

2. esp. as used in the Highland athletic exercise of throwing or tossing the caber.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > tossing caber

throwing or tossing the caber1862

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > tossing caber > caber

caber1862

1862 Standard 16 July Tossing the caber.

1872 Daily News 26 July Caber Throwing.

1881 Boys' Newspaper 6 July The caber is simply a roughly hewn pine trunk denuded of its branches..To toss this skilfully the athlete poises the smaller end against his breast, in an upright position, and, suddenly raising it by sheer force to a level with his shoulder, throws it from him in such a manner that the thick end touches the ground first, and the trunk falls away from him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	caber
释义	cabern. Brit. /ˈkeɪbə/, U.S. /ˈkɑbər/, /ˈkeɪbər/, Scottish English /ˈkebər/ Forms: Also 1500s cabir, kebber, kebbre, 1700s kaber. Etymology: < Gaelic cabar pole, spar, rafter = Irish cabar lath, Welsh ceibr beam, rafter, Cornish ceber, keber rafter, beam, Breton 9th cent. in Luxemb. fol. ‘tignæ, cepriou’. Scottish. 1. A pole, or spar, usually consisting of the stem of a young pine or fir-tree, used in house-carpentry, scaffolding, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] > part of > pole scatch1420 cabera1522 scaffolding pole1759 scaffold pole1798 trestle-post1799 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > spar or pole rigald1327 spar1388 cabera1522 longer1772 ricker1820 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. v. 185 This schaft, that was als rude and squar As it had beyn a cabyr or a spar. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 They frae a Barn a Kaber raught. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 162 To every plant they give a pole, which is a tree, like the smallest sort of what we call cabers. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 164 They hung them [trouts] on the cabers of their wigwams. 2. esp. as used in the Highland athletic exercise of throwing or tossing the caber. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > tossing caber throwing or tossing the caber1862 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > tossing caber > caber caber1862 1862 Standard 16 July Tossing the caber. 1872 Daily News 26 July Caber Throwing. 1881 Boys' Newspaper 6 July The caber is simply a roughly hewn pine trunk denuded of its branches..To toss this skilfully the athlete poises the smaller end against his breast, in an upright position, and, suddenly raising it by sheer force to a level with his shoulder, throws it from him in such a manner that the thick end touches the ground first, and the trunk falls away from him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1522
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