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Definitions of claymore in various dictionaries:
noun - a large double-edged broadsword
noun - an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy
A claymore mine.
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| William Wallace likely used one of these large swords that shares a name with a type of land mine |
| Before it was an antipersonnel mine, it was a 2-handed Scottish sword |
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| a broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders, typically double-edged. |
| A claymore mine. |
| A large, double-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders. |
| A broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders, typically double-edged. |
| A type of anti-personnel mine. |
| a large double-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders |
| an anti-personnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
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A claymore (; from Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh-mòr, "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 swords in the 18th century in Scotland and parts of England to refer to basket-hilted swords. This description was maybe not used during the 17th century, when basket-hilted swords were the primary military swords across Europe, but these broad-bladed swords remained in service with Scottish regiments for some time longer. After the Acts of Union in 1707 when Scottish and English regiments were integrated together, the swords were seen as a mark of distinction by Scottish officers over the more slender sabres used by their English contemporaries: a symbol of physical strength and prowess, and a link |