Well attestedNamed from the place
Highland games
noun · first attested 19th century
The caber toss is scored on accuracy, not on distance.
A Scottish gathering built around heavy athletic events, piping and dancing.
Scottish Highlands·United Kingdom
57.1200°N -4.7100°W · Q106652
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
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- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Scottish Highlands
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Highland games
Local gatherings are much older, but the games took their familiar shape in the 19th century, helped along by Queen Victoria's patronage of the Braemar Gathering. A caber throw only counts if the pole turns over and lands pointing straight away from the thrower.
United Kingdom
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