n. An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An active, springy young man.
n. An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A military engine, resembling the ballista, used in Europe in the middle ages.
n. A young person; a youth; especially, a young man.
Word Usage
"A set of javelins, five of them, from a springal, struck from their guides by a forward-springing plank, raked the interior wall of the starboard rowing frame."