pitchpole 
verb [no object]
1 dialect Somersault.
1.1 Nautical (Of a boat) be overturned so that its stern pitches forward over its bows: the boat pitchpoled and broke its mast...
- Nor is it as frightening as the one that befell Steve Fossett's boat when the mainsail got stuck in a building gale and the boat nearly pitchpoled.
- Stubb takes after it in the process of pitchpoling; with a long lance, connected to a length of rope, he darts the whale, then pulls the lance back, and repeats the process.
- It's all fun and games until something breaks or the boat pitchpoles.
noun dialect
A somersault.
Origin
Mid 17th century (as a noun): from the verb pitch1 + poll.
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