full basket hold

full basket hold
 n.— «Department of Human Resources officials have insisted they do not teach the face-down restraint, which is sometimes called a “full basket hold.”» —“DHR to consider banning face-down restraints after boy’s death” in Atlanta, Ga. AccessNorthGa.com July 21, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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