glaymore

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Noun

glaymore (plural glaymores)

  1. Alternative form of claymore (a sword)
    • 1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition:
      "...the common name of the glaymore, or Highland broad sword."
    • 1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland:
      Their arms were anciently the glaymore, or great two-handed sword, and afterwards the two-edged sword and target, or buckler

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