Definition of springer

• n. - One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.
• n. - A young plant.
• n. - The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.
• n. - The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.
• n. - The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.
• n. - The grampus.
• n. - A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
• n. - A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.