'Claymore' is a word borrowed from Gaelic 'claidheamh mór'. The word entered the English language some time around 1527.
claymore [noun] [1527]
- a large 2-edged sword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
- their basket-hilted broadsword
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Etymology: Scottish Gaelic 'claidheamh mór' literally, great sword
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