Claymore Definition

klāmôr
claymores
noun
claymores
A claymore mine.
American Heritage
A large, two-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders.
Webster's New World
A broadsword with a basket hilt worn by Scottish regiments.
Webster's New World
An antipersonnel mine that scatters shrapnel in a particular, often fan-shaped, area when it explodes.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

An American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties.

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Other Word Forms of Claymore

Noun

Singular:
claymore
Plural:
claymores

Origin of Claymore

  • Scottish Gaelic claidheamh mór large sword claidheamh sword (from Old Irish claideb) mór great (from Old Irish mē-3 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Scottish Gaelic claidheamh (“sword”) + mòr (“great”).

    From Wiktionary

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