parachute roll

parachute roll (plural parachute rolls)

1. A rolling manoeuvre performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.
   • 2014, Phil Tomkins, Once A Soldier, page 19:

     The practice of this became an everyday ritual where, instead of press-ups for punishment if you goofed off, the offending student had to execute twenty parachute rolls.