sidehold

noun

1

: a hold in mountain climbing in which the edge or point of a projecting rock is grasped with the hand turned sideways

2

: a hold in wrestling in which each wrestler places his right arm around the opponent's waist and with the left hand grasps the opponent's right elbow

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