tumbleset

English

Etymology

tumble +‎ set

Noun

tumbleset (plural tumblesets)

1. (southeast US) Synonym of somersault
   • 1916, Annie Maria Barnes, The Ferry Maid of the Chattahoochee, page 113:

     Well, I never seed the ole ferryboat cut up as it did that day,” went on Tobe, “ an' the sight o' that gal's arms a-pullin' away at them chains was enough to make the eyes in a body's head turn a tumbleset to see!

   • 1943, Jules Leopold, At Ease!: Two Hundred Hours of Fun and Entertainment, page 176:

     If they jerk into a quick tumbleset, pack in pronto.

   • 2010, Christa Allan, Walking on Broken Glass, →ISBN:

     He reached in the desk drawer, pulled out a paper clip, started it on tumblesets between his fingers, and stared at me.

Verb

tumbleset (third-person singular simple present tumblesets, present participle tumblesetting, simple past and past participle tumblesetted)

1. (southeast US) Synonym of somersault
   • 1898 July 23, “Happiness For Little Ones Wesley Grove Camp”, in Baltimore Sun, page 11:

     “Git out o' the way; give me plenty of room to tumbleset." one of the bright-eyed little fellows at the Waesche street play ground for colored children said yesterday morning.

   • 1965, Louisiana History, page 189:

     Audubon and City parks offered picnic grounds resplendent with giant trees, brilliant flowers, and cool grass where we could roll and wrestle and "tumbleset."