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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 474 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLAYMORE (from the Gaelic claidheamh See also:mar, " See also:great See also:sword ") , the old two-edged broadsword with See also:cross hilt, of which the See also:guards were usually turned down, used by the Highlanders of See also:Scotland. The name is also wrongly applied to the single-edged See also:basket-hilted sword adopted in the 16th See also:century and still worn as the full-See also:dress sword in the Highland regiments of the See also:British See also:army.

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