summerset : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: summerset	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
summerset n an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return Synonym(s): somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somersault \Som"ersault\, Somerset \Som"erset\, n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See {Supra}, and Salient.] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also {summersault}, {sommerset}, {summerset}, etc.] [bd]The vaulter's sombersalts.[b8] --Donne. Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Summersault \Sum"mersault\, Summerset* \Sum"mer*set\, n. See {Somersault}, {Somerset}.