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claymore.

Noun
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MEANING

1. A large Scottish sword, especially the two-handed type; also used for certain later basket-hilted swords.

2. A named type of directional antipersonnel mine.

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  • two-handed claymore
  • Scottish claymore

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The display held a two-handed claymore.
The warrior lowered the claymore in the tale.
The curator explained the Scottish claymore’s changing design.

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claymore

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Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular claymore; plural claymores. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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