springer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
    impost.
  2. noun a cow about to give birth
    springing cow.
  3. noun a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
    springer spaniel.

WordNet

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

Webster 1913