English Explanatory Dictionary

claybeg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Scottish broadsword used during the Early Modern period.

Word forms

claybeg claybegs

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic claidheamh beag (literally “small sword”). First attested in 1825 as Clay-beg.

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