somersetn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsʌməsɛt/, U.S.

/ˈsəmərˌsɛt/

Forms: α. 1500s–1700s sommerset, 1600s– somerset. β. 1500s– summerset.

Etymology: Alteration or corruption of somersaut: see somersault n.

= somersault n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > somersault

supersault1503

somersault1530

tumbling cast1530

sobersaulta1533

somerset1591

turn-over1660

pitch-pole1842

spin1842

salto mortale1896

flip-flop1902

α.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden To Rdr. sig. D3^v Desiring him to inspire my pen with some of his nimblest Pomados and Sommersets.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H5^v His very intelect Is naught but a curuetting Sommerset.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg^v/1 Now I wil only make him breake his neck in doing a sommerset.

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 45 Dance, run, and leap, frisk, and curvett, Tumble, and do the Sommerset.

1727 J. Gay Fables I. xl. 136 The tumbler whirls the flip-flap round, With sommersets he shakes the ground.

1778 Sketches for Tabernacle Frames 26 He'll..Throw Somersets, vault, caper, and curvet.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 4) vii. 165 Amusing the company with an involuntary somerset.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 233 One of those somersets—head over heels—which are common on the modern stage.

1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 16 If there are..expert tumblers in the circus, let him not imagine that their supple somersets are mere idle tricks to amuse children.

figurative.1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg 2 He fancy'd the World turn'd round with him, and that the Revolution was just about doing the Somerset.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ii. 214 Remark,..what somersets and contortions a dead Catholicism is making.1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. vii. vi. 372 After a considerable amount of practice in throwing intellectual somersets.β. 1591 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 442 Hee presently did cast himselfe downe, dooing a Summerset from the Ile into the water.1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 25 As if they would turn over their heads, and shew you the double Summerset.1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Marr. Belphegor in Wks. 527 He [the devil] only gave him the Summerset once or twice, and shewed him two or three jugling tricks, and vanish'd.1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxix. 106 Springing into the air with a summerset, he turned him about like a wind-mill.1816 W. Scott Let. Apr. (1933) IV. 204 Authors come to be regarded as tumblers who are expected to go to church in a summerset.1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 119 The summerset of this iceberg produced a commotion all over the lake.1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iii. 101 The boys of the street turning summersets.

Derivatives

ˈsomerset v. (a) intransitive. To somersault. Also with it; also figurative. (b) transitive. To cause (a person) to turn a somersault.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault

tumbc1000

tumble1303

to top over tail1545

somerset1599

pitch-pole1682

topple1802

somersault1858

sunfish1923

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > cause to turn somersaults

somerset1812

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 Then the sly sheepe-biter issued into the midst, and summer setted & fliptflapt it twenty times aboue ground as light as a feather.

1812 Sporting Mag. 40 132 Alexanders got his body on his hip, and somersetted him over his head.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ii. 216 In such extraordinary manner does dead Catholicism somerset and caper, skilfully galvanised.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 303 A pair of white breeches summer-seting in the air with a horse underneath.

1874 Saxe One-Legged Dancers iv He almost somerseted off the door-steps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

somersetn.²

Forms: Also summerset.

Etymology: < the name of Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Baron Raglan (1788–1855).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsomerset.

Used attributively or elliptically to designate a form of saddle (see quot. 1875).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle

mail-saddle1360

trotter-saddle1381

panel1393

loadsaddle1397

packsaddle1398

limber-saddle1480

pillion1480

side-saddle1493

steel saddle1503

pilgate1511

mail pillowc1532

stock-saddle1537

pad1556

sunk1568

trunk-saddle1569

soda1586

mail pillion1586

running saddle1596

Scotch saddle1596

postilion saddle1621

pad-saddle1622

portmanteau-saddle1681

watering saddle1681

cart-saddle1692

demi-pique1695

crook-saddle1700

saddle pad1750

recado1825

aparejo1844

mountain saddle1849

somerset1851

pilch1863

cowboy saddle1880

sawbuck (pack)saddle1881

western saddle1883

cross-saddle1897

centre-fire1921

McClellan1940

poley1957

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 521/2 A quilted summerset saddle.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 522/2 Somerset hunting saddle-tree.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4685 Ladies' saddle and Somerset saddle.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2245/1 Somerset.., a saddle padded before the knee and behind the thigh.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	somerset
释义	somersetn.¹ Brit. /ˈsʌməsɛt/, U.S. /ˈsəmərˌsɛt/ Forms: α. 1500s–1700s sommerset, 1600s– somerset. β. 1500s– summerset. Etymology: Alteration or corruption of somersaut: see somersault n. = somersault n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > somersault supersault1503 somersault1530 tumbling cast1530 sobersaulta1533 somerset1591 turn-over1660 pitch-pole1842 spin1842 salto mortale1896 flip-flop1902 α. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden To Rdr. sig. D3^v Desiring him to inspire my pen with some of his nimblest Pomados and Sommersets. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H5^v His very intelect Is naught but a curuetting Sommerset. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg^v/1 Now I wil only make him breake his neck in doing a sommerset. 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 45 Dance, run, and leap, frisk, and curvett, Tumble, and do the Sommerset. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xl. 136 The tumbler whirls the flip-flap round, With sommersets he shakes the ground. 1778 Sketches for Tabernacle Frames 26 He'll..Throw Somersets, vault, caper, and curvet. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 4) vii. 165 Amusing the company with an involuntary somerset. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 233 One of those somersets—head over heels—which are common on the modern stage. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 16 If there are..expert tumblers in the circus, let him not imagine that their supple somersets are mere idle tricks to amuse children. figurative.1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg 2 He fancy'd the World turn'd round with him, and that the Revolution was just about doing the Somerset.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ii. 214 Remark,..what somersets and contortions a dead Catholicism is making.1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. vii. vi. 372 After a considerable amount of practice in throwing intellectual somersets.β. 1591 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 442 Hee presently did cast himselfe downe, dooing a Summerset from the Ile into the water.1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 25 As if they would turn over their heads, and shew you the double Summerset.1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Marr. Belphegor in Wks. 527 He [the devil] only gave him the Summerset once or twice, and shewed him two or three jugling tricks, and vanish'd.1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxix. 106 Springing into the air with a summerset, he turned him about like a wind-mill.1816 W. Scott Let. Apr. (1933) IV. 204 Authors come to be regarded as tumblers who are expected to go to church in a summerset.1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 119 The summerset of this iceberg produced a commotion all over the lake.1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iii. 101 The boys of the street turning summersets. Derivatives ˈsomerset v. (a) intransitive. To somersault. Also with it; also figurative. (b) transitive. To cause (a person) to turn a somersault. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault tumbc1000 tumble1303 to top over tail1545 somerset1599 pitch-pole1682 topple1802 somersault1858 sunfish1923 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > cause to turn somersaults somerset1812 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 Then the sly sheepe-biter issued into the midst, and summer setted & fliptflapt it twenty times aboue ground as light as a feather. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 132 Alexanders got his body on his hip, and somersetted him over his head. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ii. 216 In such extraordinary manner does dead Catholicism somerset and caper, skilfully galvanised. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 303 A pair of white breeches summer-seting in the air with a horse underneath. 1874 Saxe One-Legged Dancers iv He almost somerseted off the door-steps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). somersetn.² Forms: Also summerset. Etymology: < the name of Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Baron Raglan (1788–1855).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsomerset. Used attributively or elliptically to designate a form of saddle (see quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle mail-saddle1360 trotter-saddle1381 panel1393 loadsaddle1397 packsaddle1398 limber-saddle1480 pillion1480 side-saddle1493 steel saddle1503 pilgate1511 mail pillowc1532 stock-saddle1537 pad1556 sunk1568 trunk-saddle1569 soda1586 mail pillion1586 running saddle1596 Scotch saddle1596 postilion saddle1621 pad-saddle1622 portmanteau-saddle1681 watering saddle1681 cart-saddle1692 demi-pique1695 crook-saddle1700 saddle pad1750 recado1825 aparejo1844 mountain saddle1849 somerset1851 pilch1863 cowboy saddle1880 sawbuck (pack)saddle1881 western saddle1883 cross-saddle1897 centre-fire1921 McClellan1940 poley1957 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 521/2 A quilted summerset saddle. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 522/2 Somerset hunting saddle-tree. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4685 Ladies' saddle and Somerset saddle. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2245/1 Somerset.., a saddle padded before the knee and behind the thigh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1591n.²1851
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