SPRINGER

Definitions

1. 1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.
2. 2. A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
3. 3. The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence:
4. 4. The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.
5. 5. The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.
6. 6. The grampus.
7. 7. A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
8. 8. A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.