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====Claymore==== The Scottish name "[[claymore]]" ({{langx|gd|claidheamh mΓ³r}}, lit. "large/great sword")<ref name="chambers">{{cite web|url=http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=claymore&title=21st|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928040058/http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=claymore&title=21st|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-28|title=Search Chambers - Free English Dictionary|publisher=chambers.co.uk|access-date=2014-05-27}}</ref><ref name="jacobites">{{cite web|url=http://www.jacobites.info/weapon_claymore.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915022745/http://jacobites.info/weapon_claymore.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-15|title=Claymore|publisher=jacobites.info|access-date=2014-05-27}}</ref> can refer to either the longsword with a distinctive two-handed grip, or the [[basket-hilted sword]].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} The two-handed claymore is an early Scottish version of a greatsword.
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