Chapter Tubulation to Tumble-down of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe.

To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; — used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.

Tumble
(Tum"ble), v. t.

1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; — sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

Tumble
(Tum"ble), n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Tumblebug
(Tum"ble*bug`) n. See Tumbledung.

Tumble-down
(Tum"ble-down`) a. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [Colloq.]