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- Dictionaryclaymore/ˈkleɪmɔː/
noun
- 1. a broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders, typically double-edged.
- 2. a type of anti-personnel mine.
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A claymore (from, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations and was in use from the 15th to 17th centuries. The word claymore was first used in reference to basket-hilted swords during the 18th cent... Wikipedia