0 the activity of taking part in duels (= formal fights between two people, using weapons, usually because one person has insulted the other): --
Their partnership is full of vitality, kept alive with intellectual duelling.
The game of chess requires intense concentration and sustained mental duelling.
1 taking part in or relating to the activity of duelling: --
Eric Weissberg is the folk musician responsible for the "Duelling Banjos" hit from the soundtrack to the film Deliverance.
It is not uncommon for duelling relatives to make false accusations.
The film tells a tale of rivalry between duelling air-traffic controllers.
On their weekly show, the duelling critics would debate, often passionately, the merits of that week's crop of new films.
Thomas Paine wrote articles against slavery and against duelling.
Thackeray's Barry Lyndon is the story of an 18th century Irish lad making his way in the world through duelling, gambling and loving.
The duel has been romantically celebrated as the last refuge of honour but in reality, duelling was often closer to common brawling.