claymore

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(klā′môr′)

noun

  1. a large, two-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
  2. a broadsword with a basket hilt worn by Scottish regiments
  3. an antipersonnel mine that scatters shrapnel in a particular, often fan-shaped, area when it explodes
    also claymore mine

Origin: Gael claidheamhmor < claidheamh, sword (< IE *klād- < base *kel-, to strike > holt) + mor, great

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noun
  1. A claymore mine.
  2. A large, double-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders.

Origin:

Origin: Scottish Gaelic claidheamh mór, large sword

Origin: : claidheamh, sword (from Old Irish claideb)

Origin: + mór, great (from Old Irish; see mē-3 in Indo-European roots)

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