SOMERSAULT

[som.er.sault] n [MF sombresaut leap, ultim. fr. L super over + saltus leap, fr. salire to jump--more at over, sally] (ca. 1530): a leap or roll in which a person turns forward or backward in a complete revolution bringing the feet over the head and finally landing on the feet; also: a falling or tumbling head over heels -- somersault vi