claymore
Americannoun
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a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century.
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a Scottish broadsword with a basket hilt.
noun
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a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
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a US type of antipersonnel mine
Etymology
Origin of claymore
First recorded in 1765–75, claymore is from Scots Gaelic claidheamh mòr “great sword”
Example Sentences
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Other soldiers set claymore mines on small stands.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2018
You get the drift that she's as vulnerable as a claymore, and sharp with it too.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2016
The figure reaches the bottom, enters a defensive stance, and whips out a lightsaber that looks like a medieval claymore: a two-handed longsword with a crossguard.
From The Verge • Nov. 28, 2014
Alex Salmond wields no claymore sword and appears only sparingly in a kilt, and yet he has brought Scotland closer to independence than any Scottish warrior since union with England more than 300 years ago.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2014
I looked at where I had put the claymore and saw a figure moving away from it.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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