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Definition of Summerset
1. Noun. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.
Generic synonyms: Tumble
Specialized synonyms: Flip-flop
Derivative terms: Somersault, Somersault
Definition of Summerset
1. Noun. (archaic spelling of somersault) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Summerset
1. [v -SETTED, -SETTING, -SETS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summerset
Literary usage of Summerset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"summerset. ET 1769. KB 2 Bl. Rep.. (I) EXECUTOR« AND ADMINISTRATORS. ... V" M,
the widow took possession, and let part of the premises to summerset, ..."
2. Narrative of the Campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9 by Richard Hartley Kennedy (1840)
"Vanity of human grandeur.—Setting-in of winter.—summerset of our Chaplain into the
... summerset ..."
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