CLAY CROSS

clay cross, an urban district in the chesterfield parliamentary division of derbyshire, england, near the river amber, on the midland railway, 5 m. s. of chesterfield. pop. (1901) 8358. the clay cross colliery and ironworks company, whose mines were for a time leased by george stephenson, employ a great number of hands. claymore (from the gaelic _claidheamh mor_, "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.