Designating or characteristic of a catch-hold style of wrestling developed in the north of England. Also Cumberland and Westmorland (style,etc.).

Designating a style of wrestling in which competitors are permitted to grasp one another with few or no restrictions on the type of hold or throw…

of a style of wrestling, resembling that used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, in which attacks are directed only at the upper part of the body.

spec. Designating a form of wrestling with few or no restrictions on the tactics that may be employed; of, relating to, or involved in this kind of…

Of, pertaining to, or designating a form of professional wrestling between single alternating representatives of two teams (usually of two men each).