Search for crossword answers and clues
Something tossed in the Highlands
Answer for the clue "Something tossed in the Highlands ", 5 letters:
caber
Alternative clues for the word caber
Word definitions for caber in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caber \Ca"ber\ (k[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [Gael. cabar.] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Çabër or Čabra is a village located in the municipality of Zubin Potok , in Kosovo . The river Iber runs through Çabër. According to legend, there were two brothers and their nephew who first came to Çabër and gave it its name. Eventually a village was ...
Usage examples of caber.
Foyle hurled Sigurd Magsman up into the air like an ancient Scotsman tossing the caber.
He came from the far north and at the Highland games he used to array himself in kilt and sporran and throw cabers around like matchsticks.
John McCabe was a strapping Scotsman with arms like cabers and a look that would frighten even the fiercest dog.
There had been no opportunity to clean himself up after Lucius and Cabera had restitched and rebandaged his wounds.
Soon, the Englishman who had tossed the caber was sparring with the dramatic critic, Hazard and Hall boxed in fantastic burlesque, then, gloves in hand, looked for the next appropriately matched couple.
He would have Cabera look at it back on Accipiter, but he didn't think it was broken.