kubb

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally a regional word meaning log or flat-bottomed boat, whence Swedish kobbe (“low, rocky, rounded islet”).[1] Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“hilltop, knoll”). First attested in 1651[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɵb/

Noun

kubb c

  1. (forestry) a certain small-diameter of timber, often from spruce or birch, usually about 3.1 m long, with lower quality requirements than standard sawlogs
  2. (forestry) a wooden block with the grain running vertically (cut from above timber)
  3. (games) a lawn game in which two teams throw batons to knock over each other's wooden blocks, aiming to topple all the opponents' blocks and then the king in the centre
  4. (dated) synonym of plommonstop (“bowler hat”)

References

  1. ^ kubb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  2. ^ kubb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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