Springer

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.

2. A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.

3. The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence:

4. The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.

5. The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.

6. The grampus.

7. A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

8. A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.