Pronunciation: ' spri ŋ - ə ld
Variant: or spring · al \ - ə l \
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Middle English, a kind of catapult, from Anglo-French espringal
Date: 1501
archaic : a young man : STRIPLING
Pronunciation: ' spri ŋ - ə ld
Variant: or spring · al \ - ə l \
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Middle English, a kind of catapult, from Anglo-French espringal
Date: 1501
archaic : a young man : STRIPLING
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012