Springer (architecture)
In architecture, a springer (sometimes springingScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is the lowest voussoir (wedge-shaped structural element) on each side of an arch. Since it is the bottom-most element of the arch, it is where the arch support terminates at the respond.[1] It rests on the impost or pier of the arch, that is, the topmost part of the abutment, from which the arch arises.[2]
Usually, the springer is located at the bottom of an arch curve. The "delayed" springing (when the curvature starts noticeably above the support) is a trait of a stilted arch, common in Romanesque and Gothic architecture.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". contains many examples of the stilted arch