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- Gaelic cabar `pole'. Scottish athletic sport,
- a Highland Games event. The caber (a tapered
- tree-trunk about 6 m/20 ft long, weighing
- about 100 kg/220 lb) is held in the palms of
- the cupped hands and rests on the shoulder.
- The thrower runs forward and tosses the
- caber, rotating it through 180 degrees so
- that it lands on its opposite end and falls
- forward. The best competitors toss the caber
- about 12 m/40 ft.
-