Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Springal \Spring"al\, Springald \Spring"ald\, Springall
\Spring"all\, a. [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E.
   spring.]
   An active, springly young man. [Obs.] ``There came two
   springals of full tender years.'' --Spenser.

         Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man,
         was a fair young springall.              --Latimer.

Springal \Spring"al\, n. [OF. espringale; of Teutonic origin,
   akin to E. spring.]
   An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by
   means of a spring.