Boston crab

noun

1. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back

Example Sentences

Rice-Oxley as the versatile ref, Kazeem Tosin Amore as the chauvinistic Dean, Okorie Chukwu as Tanzi's oppressive dad and Patricia Gannon as her traditionalist mum, at one point belting out Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man, show a similar ability to master all the moves, from the inverted Boston crab to the cobra twist.

From The Guardian

From Philip, TMS inbox: "Not sure I would want a Boston Crab to be applied by a masked Eddie Hemmings."

From BBC

Still, a Boston crab would sort out his knee once and for all.

From The Guardian

It can be no small feat of strength and precision to execute an atomic knee drop, a figure-4 leg lock, or the dreaded Boston crab, let alone a flying body block from the ropes to the center of the ring, without seriously injuring either party.

From Time Magazine Archive