indian wrestling

noun

Usage: usually capitalized I

Etymology: indian (II) 2

1. : wrestling in which two wrestlers lie side by side on their backs in reversed position locking their near arms and raising and locking the corresponding legs and attempt to force each other's leg down and turn the other wrestler on his face

2.

a. : wrestling in which two wrestlers stand face to face gripping usually their right hands and setting the outsides of the corresponding feet tightly against each other and attempt to force each other off balance

b. : wrestling in which two wrestlers sit face to face gripping usually their right hands, setting corresponding elbows firmly on a surface (as the top of a table), and holding the length of the arm from the elbow to the hand tightly against each other and attempt to force each other's arm down

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1. See arm wrestling.

2. a form of wrestling in which two opponents clasp each other's right or left hand and, placing the corresponding feet side by side, attempt to unbalance each other.

3. a form of wrestling in which two opponents, lying side by side on their backs and in opposite directions, lock near arms and raise and lock corresponding legs, with each attempting to force the other's leg down until one opponent is unable to remain lying flat.

[1910-15, Amer.]

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Indian wrestling noun

1. A trial of strength in which contestants lie on their backs side by side, head to toe, with one leg and arm interlocking, the object being to force the opponent's leg down

2. A trial of strength with contestants standing face to face with one arm interlocking and outsides of corresponding feet braced against each other, the object being to unbalance the opponent

3. Arm wrestling

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Main Entry: ↑Indian

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Indian wrestling,

any one of various contests of strength between two people, especially one in which the contenders lock hands while resting their elbows on a table and each tries to force down the other's hand to the table.