/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Claymore or Glaymore
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is the Celtic glaif (a bent sword), Gaelic claidheamh (a sword), and mór (great). (See Morglay.)
“Iʹve told thee how the Southrons fell
Beneath the broad claymore.”
Aytoun: Execution of Montrose, stanza 2
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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