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Definition of "claymore" [clay•more]

  • A claymore mine. (noun)
  • A large, double-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "claymore" in a sentence
  • "“I used to like the big sword claymore, but now … now they have to make them all splody and full of — what do you call that stuff, Nemain?”"
  • "The Highlanders love to use cold steel; the claymore was their old weapon, and the bayonet is its nearest equivalent in modern war."
  • "I remember being pretty amazed by just how deadly the claymore was - might have been the deadliest melee weapon they showed, if I recall correctly."