CULBUTE
\kˈʌlbjuːt], \kˈʌlbjuːt], \k_ˈʌ_l_b_j_uː_t]\
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(F.) A tumble head-over-heels. A movement which the foetus has been supposed to execute at the end of the 7th month of uterogestation; and by means of which, it was presumed, the head presented towards the orifice of the uterus; a change of situation which is impracticable in ordinary circumstances.
By Robley Dunglison
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