Claymore
CLAYMORE (from the Gaelic claidheamh mòr, "great 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.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
