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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=architecture">architecture</a>, a <b>springer</b> (sometimes <b>springing</b>) is the lowest <a href="page.php?w=voussoir">voussoir</a> (wedge-shaped structural element) on each side of an <a href="page.php?w=arch">arch</a>. Since it is the bottom-most element of the arch, it is where the arch support terminates at the <a href="page.php?w=respond">respond</a>. It rests on the <a href="page.php?w=impost_%28architecture%29">impost</a> or pier of the arch, that is, the topmost part of the <a href="page.php?w=abutment">abutment</a>,</p><p>
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