Western roll

noun

: a technique of high jumping in which the leg farthest from the bar lifts first, the jumper's side is to the bar as the body passes over it, and a three-point landing is made on the take-off leg and both hands compare eastern roll , scissors

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

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