Sȯm'er-sault or Sȯm'er-sĕt1, n.
(sŭm'er-), n. [Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset.] [Corrupted from Fr. soubresaut, O. Fr. soubresault, It. soprassalto, an overleap, from Lat. supra, over, and saltus, a leap.] A leap in which a person turns with his heels over his head, and lights upon his feet.