Great sword
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The term great sword or greatsword refers to an example of any of a number of large swords used in medieval Europe:
- Longsword, in both the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- especially, "outsized specimens" of the longsword, such as Oakeshott type XIIIa, see Oakeshott_typology#Type_XIII
- the Zweihänder of 16th century Germany
- Broadsword, in early modern examples of the Schiavona type.
- Claymore (Gaelic claidheamh mor, lit. "great sword"), a Scottish sword.
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