CLAYMORE (from the Gaelic claidheamh

See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

mar, "

See also:

• GREAT

great

See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword ")  , the old two-edged broadsword with cross hilt, of which the guards were usually turned down, used by the Highlanders of Scotland . The name is also wrongly applied to the single-edged basket-hilted sword adopted in the 16th century and still worn as the full-dress sword in the Highland regiments of the British army .