Claymore is the name given to two distinct types of Scottish swords.
The name claymore may have come from claidheamh mòr, a Gaelic term meaning "great sword".
The two-handed claymore was in use around 1500 to 1700.
It was smaller then other two-handed swords of that era.
There is also evidence of the basket hilt sword being referred to as a claymore.
The first instance in which a written usage of this word is after the beginning of the 1715 uprising.
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.
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