tumbleset

noun

1. Synonym of somersault.

   “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!”

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

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

verb

1. Synonym of somersault.

   ““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.”

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