Obs. In 6 soubersawte, 7 sobresault, sobersalt. [ad. F. soubresaut, † -sault, ad. Prov. sobresaut, = Sp. sobresalto, f. L. suprā above + saltus leap.] A somersault.
c. 1530. Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814), 248. Than came forth juglers … & tomblers wyth theyr soubersawtes.
1611. Cotgr., Soubresault, a Sobresault, or Summer sault.
a. 1625. Fletcher, Woman’s Prize, III. ii. What a sobersalt When the chaire fell she fetchd, with her heels upward.
