INDIAN WRESTLING


Meaning of INDIAN WRESTLING in English

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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