springer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: spring=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

springer, n. 

•  One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.  [1913 Webster]
•  A young plant.  Evelyn.  [1913 Webster]
•  The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.  [1913 Webster]
•  The grampus.  [1913 Webster]
•  A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.  [1913 Webster]
•  A species of antelope; the springbok.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

springer, n.
1 a person or thing that springs.
2 a a small spaniel of a breed used to spring game. b this breed.
3 Archit. a the part of an arch where the curve begins. b the lowest stone of this. c the bottom stone of the coping of a gable. d a rib of a groined roof or vault.
4 a springbok.