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