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CLAYMORE

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clay⋅more

  [kley-mawr, -mohr]
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–noun
1. a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century.
2. a Scottish broadsword with a basket hilt.
Origin:
1765–75; < ScotGael claidheamh mòr great sword
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clay·more   (klā'môr', -mōr')   
n.  

  1. A claymore mine.

  2. A large, double-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders.


[Scottish Gaelic claidheamh mór, large sword : claidheamh, sword (from Old Irish claideb) + mór, great (from Old Irish; see mē-3 in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

claymore 
1772, "two-edged broadsword of ancient Scottish Highlanders," from Gael. claidheamh mor "great sword," from claidheb "sword," from PIE base *kel- "to strike" + mor "great." An antiquarian word made familiar again by Scott's novels; modern military application to pellet-scattering anti-personnel mine is first attested 1962.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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