Of a fight or combat: = single, adj. 15. Obsolete.
Of a combat or fight: Between two persons; man to man. (See also combat, n. 1b.) Also of a game or contest: with one person only on each side.
Of the nature of single combat.
Relating to or concerning duels or duelling.
Hand-to-hand. (Latin comminus.)
relating to, characteristic of, or suggestive of a duellist or duelling.