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claymore
[ kley-mawr, -mohr ]
noun
- a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century.
- a Scottish broadsword with a basket hilt.
claymore
/ ˈkleɪˌmɔː; ˌkleˈmor /
noun
- a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- a US type of antipersonnel mine
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of claymore1
First recorded in 1765–75, claymore is from Scots Gaelic claidheamh mòr “great sword”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of claymore1
C18: from Gaelic claidheamh mōr great sword
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In this instance, it was a claymore mine — an explosive that sprays shrapnel toward its targets — that had a trip wire.
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White said companies made specialized claymores to end barricades and scrambled to equip body-worn cameras with facial recognition software, but departments didn’t want them.
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Then an American officer pointed out some of the defenses along the military demarcation line, including barbed-wire fences and claymore mines.
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U.S. troops litter the countryside with claymore mines.
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Mr. Hansen’s airplane was carrying a load of claymore mines and hand grenades.
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