armbarn.
/ˈɑːmbɑː/, U.S. /ˈɑrmˌbɑr/ Wrestling and Martial Arts.
A hold in which the arm of an opponent is held in a lock and the elbow joint is hyperextended.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
castc1400
trip1412
fall?a1425
foil1553
collar1581
lock1598
faulx1602
fore-hip1602
forward1602
inturn1602
mare1602
hug1617
disembracement1663
buttock1688
throw1698
back-lock1713
cross-buttock1713
flying horse1713
in holds1713
buttocker1823
chip1823
dogfall1823
cross-buttocker1827
hitch1834
bear hug1837
backfall1838
stop1840
armlock1841
side hug1842
click1846
catch-hold1849
back-breaker1867
back-click1867
snap1868
hank1870
nelson1873
headlock1876
chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
hip lock1888
heave1889
strangle1890
pinfall1894
strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
scissor hold1897
body slam1899
scissors hold1899
armbar1901
body scissors1903
scissors grip1904
waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
whip1958
Boston crab1961
grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1901 Boston Daily Globe 18 Oct. 3/6 Jenkins won the second fall in 30 minutes getting a single arm bar and hammer lock on Lundin.
1955 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 July 31/1 We'll have to find some ‘wrastler’ and have him put a half nelson and arm bar on Howie to get him back.
1987 Black Belt Nov. 68/3 Arm bars are useful in many situations, especially as alternatives to hitting an attacker.
2010 N.Y. Mag. 30 Aug. 62/1 He told her to try her best move, and she put him in an armbar.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1901