claymore (n.) Look up claymore at Dictionary.com
1772, "two-edged broadsword of ancient Scottish Highlanders," from Gaelic claidheamh mor "great sword," from claidheb "sword" (from PIE root *kel- "to strike;" see holt) + mor "great" (see more). An antiquarian word made familiar again by Scott's novels; modern military application to pellet-scattering anti-personnel mine is first attested 1962.