lit.: turning off, rotating transitional rotation of the wrist between attack and defense in ➢Schläger fechten; opposite of ➢Wedeln ➢abdrehen … More

to damage, to injure; s. Triegler (1644).

lit.: “off”. the prefix ab indicates removal, for example, a lifting of the blade from the opponent’s weapon (➢abnehmen) or … More

in ➢Schläger fencing, à tempo occurs when both fencers attack and defend simultaneously; see also, ➢Wechseltempo.