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A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.

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  1. n. A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
  2. n. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
  3. 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.] "The vaulter's sombersalts." Donne. Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. Beau. & Fl.
  4. n. a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel