† supersault Obs.
Also 6 -salt(e.
[Alteration of OF. soubresaut (see sobersault) after L. super.]
A somersault; also fig. hyperbole, exaggeration.
| 1503 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 387 Item, to the Inglis spelair, that playit the supersalt, v Franch crounis. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 474 Sayand of him, with sic ane supersalt, That he wes neuir noittit with ane falt. 1547 Bk. Marchauntes f iiij b, He made a supersault and willyngly as a tumbler fell downe as in a sown, feining to be rauished. 1572 Sir T. Smith in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 20 Vaulting with notable supersaltes & through hoopes. |