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Claymore is a term used to describe two distinct types of Scottish swords. Claymore may refer to: Claymore, a sword Claymore, New South Wales, in Australia M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine Claymore (manga), A comic which has been recently been previewed in the March 2006 comic in Shonen Jump. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The "Chieftain" by Albion Swords, a reproduction of a two-handed claymore (Oakeshott XIIIa, ca. AD 1500.

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Name

The name claymore is thought to be from claidheamh mòr—a Gaelic term meaning "great sword". However, another theory suggests it comes from claidheamh da lamh, literally "two-hand sword." Claidheamh is ultimately cognate with Latin gladius. As such the use of the term 'claymore' for the two-handed sword is considered debatable. // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... This article is about the sword. ...

Two-handed (Highland) Claymore

The two-handed claymore was a large sword used in the Medieval period. It was used in the constant clan warfare and border fights with the English from circa 1300 to 1700.^{[citation needed]} The last known battle in which it is considered to have been used in a significant number is Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. It was somewhat smaller than other two-handed swords of the era. The two-handed claymore seems to be an offshoot of Early Scottish medieval swords which had developed a distinctive style of a cross-hilt with downsloping arms that ended in spatulate swellings. The spatulate swellings were frequently made in a quatrefoil design. A two-handed sword, used as a general term, is any large sword that requires two hands to use, in particular: the European longsword, popular in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans (from Old Gaelic clann, children), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2006 estimate... Events February 22 - Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII. March 10 - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of Englanddo (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Combatants Jacobite Royalists (Highlanders & Irish) Orange Royalists (Covenanters, Lowlanders) Commanders Viscount Dundee† Hugh Mackay Strength 2400 foot 3500 foot Casualties 800, inc. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... The word quatrefoil etymologically means four leaves, and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts. ...

The average claymore ran about 140 cm (55") in overall length, with a 33 cm (13") grip, 107 cm (42") blade, and a weight of approximately 2.5 kg (5.5 lb), the blades are most similar to the type XIIIa, using the Oakeshott typology. Fairly uniform in style, the sword was set with a wheel pommel often capped by a crescent-shaped nut and a guard with straight, down-sloping arms ending in quatrefoils and langets running down the center of the blade from the guard. Another common style of two-handed claymore (though lesser known today) was the "clamshell hilted" claymore. It had a crossguard that consisted of two downward-curving arms and two large, round, concave plates that protected the foregrip. It was so named because the round guards resembled an open clam. Ewart Oakeshotts typology of the medieval sword is based on blade morphology. ... See also: Hilt (band) and Peter Hilt The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard, grip and pommel. ... The word quatrefoil etymologically means four leaves, and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts. ...

Basket-hilted Claymore

There seems to be evidence of both the two handed sword and the basket hilt being referred to as claymores. The research of renowned sword historian, Claude Blair, is paraphrased for this matter. The first instance in which a written usage of this word is after the beginning of the 1715 uprising, coming into much wider use during the uprising in 1745. During this time, two handed swords were not used so this mention is likely to have been referring to the basket-hilted sword. The document naming basket-hilted swords as claymores states that men were armed with rifles, pistols, dirk, targe (shield) and “a sturdy claymore by his side”^{[citation needed]}. There is a later document (July 11th, 1747) describing the Prince’s escape through the Highlands following Culloden^[1] that uses the term ‘broadsword’ and ‘claymore’ synonymously.^{[citation needed]} This later sword was a much shorter, one-handed sword popular with Scottish troops and some English officers from the 18th century onwards, even seeing limited combat during World War II; a modern "claymore" was carried in World War II by Lt. Col. Jack Churchill DSO, MC & BAR. The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Major Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill DSO MC and Bar (September 16, 1906—March 8, 1996), nicknamed Fighting Jack Churchill, fought throughout World War II armed with a bow, arrows and a claymore. ...

The basket was designed to protect the hand in combat. The Scottish basket-hilt sword is often distinguished from others by the velvet liner inside the basket (often in red), and also sometimes by additional decorative tassels on the hilt or pommel. This latter form of "claymore" (unrelated to the first) can be seen in some forms of what is now considered highland traditional dance (which correspondingly stems from the Victorian English Aristocracy's preoccupation and romanticism of the Highlands of Scotland) as well as on the dress uniforms of British Army regiments drawn from the region. “Fights” redirects here. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

See also

• Broadsword
• Sword
• Zweihänder

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External links

• Two-handed Claymore
• Clamshell Claymore
• Basket-hilted Claymore