1. A coming or bringing to a conclusion
2. A conclusion or end in time or existence; cessation
3. The concluding passage (as of a speech or play)
4. The conclusion of a musical strain or period; cadence
5. archaic; a hostile encounter
6. The movement of the free foot in dancing toward or into contact with the supporting foot
A fight with the fists.
ETYM See Grapple, and cf. Crapple.
1. An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grappling iron.
2. A seizing or seizure; the wrestler's hold.
ETYM A corruption of skirmish. Ld. Berners.
Practice play between a football team's squads.