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Claymores

Scope note

Use for two-handed Scottish broadswords with a long, heavy double-edged blade, long diamond-section quillons angling toward the blade, and a tubular leather-covered hilt with a round pommel; they were used by Scottish Highlanders and mercenaries from the 15th to the 17th century. Use also for the one-handed Scottish broadswords with basket hilts in use in the British Army since the early 18th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037053

Broader Terms used

broadswords

Equivalent Terms used

claymore

Created

13yrs ago

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