any wrestling hold in which a wrestler places his or her arm or arms under the opponent's arm orarms from behind and exerts pressure with the palms on the back of the opponent's neck
full nelson, half-nelson
Word origin
C19: from a proper name
Nelson in British English1
(ˈnɛlsən)
noun
1.
a town in NW England, in E Lancashire: textile industry. Pop: 28 998 (2001)
2.
a port in New Zealand, on N South Island on Tasman Bay. Pop: 45 300 (2004 est)
3. River Nelson
Nelson in British English2
(ˈnɛlsən)
noun
1.
Horatio, Viscount Nelson. 1758–1805, British naval commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became rear admiral in 1797 after the battle of Cape St Vincent and in 1798 almost destroyed the French fleet at the battle of the Nile. He was killed at Trafalgar (1805) after defeating Villeneuve's fleet
2.
Willie. born 1933, US country singer and songwriter
Nelson in American English1
(ˈnɛlsən)
noun
a masculine name
Word origin
< the surname Nelson < ME Nel (see Neal) + son, son
Nelson in American English2
(ˈnɛlsən)
HoratioViscount Nelson 1758-1805; Eng. admiral
Nelson in American English3
(ˈnɛlsən)
river in Manitoba, Canada, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast into Hudson Bay: 400 mi (644 km)
Word origin
so named by Sir T. Button on an expedition into Hudson Bay (1612), after R. Nelson, a crew member who died there