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rebound tumbling en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (historical, uncountable) Synonym of trampolining.
   • [Justin] Wilson said he wants to remove a series of anachronistic laws, and his proposal also would repeal a ban on “lewd cohabitation” and laws regulating a bygone fad of “rebound tumbling,” a form of trampolining. 2014 January 15, AP [Associated Press], “Law requiring Confederate street names questioned”, in The Star Democrat, volume 214, number 99, Easton, Md., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, column 1:
   • Nissen – who as a swimmer had been a member of his school’s diving team – formed the “rebound tumbling” act the Three Leonardos in 1937 and performed in Mexico, where he discovered that the Spanish for a diving board was el trampolín. […] In the post-war years, when Nissen faced competition from other companies and the first national “rebound tumbling” competition was held, he continued to promote the trampoline in demonstrations. 2010 May 5, Anthony Hayward, “George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline”, in The Independent (Viewspaper section), number 7,351, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2010, page 9, columns 2–3:
   • Although the apparatus was called a trampoline, the sport became known as “rebound tumbling,” a name that persisted in many places until the early 1970s. […] Despite the improvement in equipment, the concept of rebound tumbling persisted and the understandable desire to remain in the center of the trampoline took precedence over the real potential of the equipment to send the gymnast high into the air. 2014 July 15, Jack Kelly, “The Technique/Equipment Relationship”, in Over & Above: Trampoline Gymnastics – Towards World Class Performance, Maidenhead, Berkshire: Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, section 2 (Technical Concepts), pages 76–77:
   • WILL sell Nissen trampolines (rebound tumbling nets). 1959 May 25, James Kibben, “For Sale”, in The Rapid City Daily Journal, final edition, 81st year, number 23975, Rapid City, S.D., →OCLC, page 17, column 8:

Forms

Relateds

rebounding · rebound tumbler

Synonyms

trampolining