Indian wrestle

English en Verb en ambitransitive To stand with the lateral side of one's (usually right) foot touching the lateral side of his opponent's (right) foot and with his (right) hand clasping his opponent's, and to attempt to force his opponent to lose balance to the extent the latter's (right) foot moves even as his opponent does the same to him. 8 399 She's got that Indian wrestlin down pat, an' she's built for it. en James Dickey: The World as a Lie https://books.google.com/books?isbn=146682865X Henry Hart 2001 White witnessed Dickey's athleticism in a more visceral way when they Indian wrestled, locking right arms and right legs and trying to throw each other. http://books.google.com/books?id=jTQmNNdRjnsC&pg=PT376&dq=%22indian+wrestle%22%7C%22indian+wrestles%22%7C%22indian+wrestled%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uvjCUf_uIM3C4AORjYGICQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATge en ambitransitive figurative To engage in a struggle to put an opposing side at a disadvantage. en ambitransitive From a lying-down position, to attempt to cause an opponent who is lying in the opposite direction to roll over backward by using locked knees. en 1902 Horace Butterworth Something to Do St. Nicholas Volume 29, Part 1 Indian Wrestle. Two boys lie down alongside of each other, with the feet pointing in opposite directions. They lock the near elbows firmly. Each then raises the near leg three times, one or both counting (Fig. 9). / On the third count they interlock the legs near the knee and try by main strength to turn each other over backward. en A Handbook of Games and Programs for Church, School, and Home 114 https://books.google.com/books?id=yotRAAAAMAAJ William Ralph La Porte 1922 Indian Wrestle: Opponents on backs, right shoulders together, legs in opposite direction, right arms locked, raise legs; on signal, hook feet together and roll opponent over on face. en ambitransitive To arm-wrestle.