Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Springer \Spring"er\, n.
   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. (Zo["o]l.) The grampus.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the field spaniel. See {Spaniel}.

   6. (Zo["o]l.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.

Source : WordNet®

springer
     n 1: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn: {impost}]
     2: a cow about to give birth [syn: {springing cow}]
     3: a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver
        and white [syn: {springer spaniel}]