/ak"seuhl/ , n. Figure Skating.
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1 1 / 2 rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
[ 1925-30; after Axel Paulsen (1855-1938), Norwegian figure skater, who popularized the maneuver ]