Hand-to-hand fighting. Cf. sword-play, n.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel (39) handplayeOE Hand-to-hand fighting. Cf. sword-play, n. deraignc1300 The action of vindicating or maintaining one's right, esp. by wager of battle; hence, a challenge to single combat; a combat; a duel. battlea1400 A fight between two persons, a single combat, a duel. trial by battle: the legal decision of a dispute by the issue of a single combat. duellation1502 A duel; an instance of single combat. two-hand battlec1503 Done, or worked, by two persons: = two-handed, adj. 2.†two-hand battle, a single combat, a duel (obsolete). combat1567 An encounter or fight between two armed persons (parties, animals, etc.), a duel; spec. as in trial by combat, a duel allowed by law for the… push of pick1578 push of pick and variants: = push of pike n. at pike, n.4 phrases 3. monomachy1582 A combat or contest between two people or opposing forces; a duel; a fight involving single combat. Also: combat of this nature. combacy1586 Combat. hand fight1587 a fight at close quarters, or hand to hand. duel1589 A formal or arranged combat between two people, with the aim of settling a personal quarrel between the combatants or deciding a point of honour. rencounter1590 A hostile engagement between two individuals; a fight; spec. a duel. Now chiefly historical. single fight1598 A combat, battle. With various qualifying attributes. sham fight: a mimic battle (intended to exercise or test the troops engaged, or simply for… field meeting1603 A duel conducted in the open air. Obsolete. rare. camp-fight1605 ‘In law writers [from 17th cent.] the trial of a cause by duel, or a legal combat of two champions in the field, for decision of some… duello1606 A duel (literal and figurative). Obsolete. judicial combat1610 Designating a duel or battle carried out to resolve a legal dispute or settle a case; esp. in judicial combat, judicial duel. Cf. trial by combat at c… fight of stand?1611 a hand-to-hand fight; = stand-fight n. at compounds. stand-fight?1611 a hand-to-hand fight; cf. fight of stand n. at phrases 2. business1612 An ‘affair of honour’; a duel. Chiefly in to carry a business. Obsolete. monomachia1624 = monomachy, n. single combat1625 Hence, single combat. single field1630 single combat; an instance of this. duelliona1637 A duel; a (perhaps violent) argument. rencontrea1722 = rencounter, n. 1b. Now rare. affair of honour1737 a prearranged contest fought with a rival in order to defend one's honour or reputation; a duel. meeting1813 A duel. Now historical and rare. holmgang1847 A duel to the death. mensur1848 In Germany and Austria: a fencing duel between students, fought usually with partially blunted weapons. duomachy1885 A fight of two; single combat. Subcategories:— challenge to (8) — satisfaction by (1) |
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