The Highlanders love to use cold steel; the claymore was their old weapon, and the bayonet is its nearest equivalent in modern war. From Wordnik.com. [A Minstrel in France] Reference
Unfurl'd is the banner -- unsheath'd the claymore!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley] Reference
Ensign Venables slashed at weeds with his claymore. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
It's basically a giant claymore mine, as you can see. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2005] Reference
Hector sat there, honing what he called his claymore. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
PHILLIPS: The claymore mine: Talk about that, General. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001] Reference
He then destroyed the claymore mine at the ambush spot. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
‘And that claymore shall be ours, Bailie,’ said the. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley] Reference
Then I drew my claymore frae the heather-clad riggin '. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
In a shattering clang, his “claymore” smote a shield. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
He hefted the claymore, comforted by the blade's heaviness. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
These include nail bombs, claymore devices, and covert bombs. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-98 Chapter 3 - Combatting Terrorism]
What's nice about the claymore mine is it's very safe to employ. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001] Reference
They are all I can call my own, except my plaid and my claymore. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
It was an excellent weapon, better at close quarters than my claymore. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
“Well, in this time, a claymore means something else,” Anton said. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
The two-handed sword, the old claymore, are his weapons, not the rapier. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
On their way to a picnic the next day, Mr. Sayers tripped a claymore mine. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
The box of shells contained almost exactly the firepower of a claymore mine. From Wordnik.com. [No Country For Old Men]
He then drew his claymore, and cut the cords which bound the intended victim. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
Nor less emphatic is his railing at the plaid and blaspheming at the claymore. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
I thought the weather guaranteed me a season's rest, but here's the claymore again!. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
He drew his claymore and pushed his horse into the rear rank of number seven company. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
And the only sensor on the claymore mine was a motion detector: it had some civil use. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
"Bastards, " he swore, then saw the dead Scottish Lieutenant's claymore lying on the stones. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
At an appointed place Charles threw off his female attire, and again "grasped the claymore.". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
It takes so many hours to learn how to plant a claymore mine in the ground or throw a grenade. From Wordnik.com. [Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army] Reference
One lunged at the Colonel, but Macara knocked the lance aside then rammed his claymore forward. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Forced into surrender, she propped the claymore against the wall and stood aside to let him pass. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
When he had heard of the battle of Culloden, he had provided himself with a claymore, a dirk, and. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The use of available concertina wire and claymore mines will provide additional position security. From Wordnik.com. [FM 44-48 Chapter 4 - Sensor Section Emplacement,Survivability, and Operations]
A light dress rapier obviously must do its business quickly if it was not to suffer from the flailing blow of the claymore, and yet. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Borderer, beaten down on to his knee, away from sight of the flashing claymore that was now so near to tasting their friend's life-blood. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
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