claymore

Also known as Scottish claymore

thumb|Engraving of a claymore and armour at Dunvegan Castle (from Footsteps of Dr. Johnson, 1890).

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Weapon.name: Claymore
Weapon.image: File:Two-handed Highland sword.JPG
Weapon.caption: 16th-century claymore in the National Museum of Scotland.
Weapon.type: Two-handed sword
Weapon.is_bladed: yes
Weapon.is_UK: yes
Weapon.used_by: Highland Scots
Weapon.weight: ≈
Weapon.length: ≈
Weapon.part_length: ≈
Weapon.blade_type: Double-edged
Weapon.hilt_type: Two-handed cruciform, with pommel

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Two-handed (Highland) claymore
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thumb|Engraving of a claymore and armour at Dunvegan Castle (from Footsteps of Dr. Johnson, 1890).

A claymore (; from , "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations and was in use from the 15th to 17th centuries.