Tussle

·noun A struggle; a scuffle.

II. Tussle ·vi & ·vt To struggle, as in sport; to Scuffle; to struggle with.

tussle
The verb to touse is given by both Johnson and Webster, to pull; to tear; to haul. Both have also th...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tussle
a struggle ; we had a tussle for it. N. & S. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose