glaymore

English

Noun

glaymore (plural glaymores)

1. Alternative form of claymore (a sword)
   • 1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition:

     "...the common name of the glaymore, or Highland broad sword."

   • 1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland:

     Their arms were anciently the glaymore, or great two-handed sword, and afterwards the two-edged sword and target, or buckler

References

• “glaymore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.