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
Synonyms:
pronoun
An American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Claymore
Noun
Singular:
claymore
Plural:
claymoresOrigin of Claymore
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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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