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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Claymore

or Glaymore (2 syl.) is the Celtic glaif (a bent sword), Gaelic claidheamh (a sword), and mór (great). (See Morglay)

I've told thee how the Southrons fell
Beneath the broad claymore.

Aytoun: Execution of Montrose, stanza 2

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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