The Collaborative International Dictionary
Half nelson \Half nelson\ (Wrestling) A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the
full nelson both hands are so placed.
Wiktionary
n. (context wrestling English) A hold in which the wrestler applying the hold puts their arms under the arms of their opponent and apply's pressure to the back of their opponents head or neck.
WordNet
n. a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling)
Wikipedia
Full Nelson is a jazz album by Oliver Nelson recorded in 1962 and 1963, and released on Verve Records. It is one of his first big band albums.
Down Beat magazine critic Harvey Pekar wrote that, "Nelson's alto work is featured on Full Nelson, Skokiaan, and Leonard Bernstein's Cool. He plays fluently and melodically with a somewhat harder tone than he has used in the past. Back Woods is a humorous piece, dedicated to Phil Woods and spotlighting his biting alto playing."
Nelson has also arranged his Hoe Down, a composition that initially appeared in a septet version on The Blues and the Abstract Truth, in a driving big band arrangement that features Clark Terry.
Usage examples of "full nelson".
I threw him in a full nelson and rolled him on top of me as another gunshot split the air.
So I hauled away like fury, and the more she choked the wilder she struggled, plunging about the room like a bronco with Flashy clinging on behind for his life, rolling on the floor - it was three falls to a finish, no error, and if I hadn't secured a full nelson and got mounted in the same moment, she'd have done me a mischief.
He wrestled her around and applied a full nelson, bearing down, trying to force her to her knees.
But Rand was nothing if not resourceful, and somehow he managed to get the Invid ship in a kind of full nelson, which left Corg vulnerable to all frontal shots.
I stepped in under the right arm that was extended past me, slipped my left arm under his left arm and got a full nelson on him and held it.
The fourth man managed to bore in from the other side, knocking Kane off balance just long enough to out-muscle him and apply a full nelson.
She managed to get a good elbow into my ribs, but I held on, fighting for supremacy, and finally turning my grip into a full nelson.
Because Bat was behind him and had him in a full nelson, Mickey failed the imprint.
This guy must've had a bad week, got both my arms behind my head in a full nelson and rammed my face into the concrete floor until my teeth bit open the inside of my cheek and my eye was swollen shut and was bleeding, and after I said, stop, I could look down and there was a print of half my face in blood on the floor.