choice of weapons
Challenged party's privilege
Choice of weapons is the right of the challenged party in a duel to select the weapons used—swords, pistols, or otherwise.
The phrase now appears mostly in historical or figurative contexts: In any debate, she gets choice of weapons.
It suggests having the advantage of fighting on one's own terms.
- duelPrearranged one-on-one combat
- affair of honorCombat over reputation
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- swordHilted fighting blade
pistol · blade · challenge · throw down the gauntlet · seconds · field of honor · at dawn · dawn · honor · rapier · saber · combat · opponent · steel · selection · preference · showdown · grudge
- Duelingduel, duels, dueling, duelist, pistols at dawn