scrummage

[ skruhm-ij ]

/ ˈskrʌm ɪdʒ /

Origin of scrummage

perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage

scrum·mag·er, noun

The pain was considerable, and when dragged from the scrummage he was in a half-fainting condition.

The Lighter Side of School Life |Ian Hay
The ball has just fallen again where the two sides are thickest, and they close rapidly around it in a scrummage.

Tom Brown's Schooldays |Thomas Hughes
In the American game there is no scrummage in the English sense, nor is the ball thrown in at right angles after going into touch.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
They seldom go into the scrummage, but must have more coolness than the chargers.

Tom Brown's Schooldays |Thomas Hughes

As endless as are boys' characters, so are their ways of facing or not facing a scrummage at football.

Tom Brown's Schooldays |Thomas Hughes

scrummage

/ (ˈskrʌmɪdʒ) /

rugby another word for scrum

a variant of scrimmage

scrummager, noun

C19: variant of scrimmage